The threat of icy weather was enough to cancel school for today for
everyone, and enough to put Manna on a two-hour delay. By mid-morning
there was actually stuff falling from the sky, so Manna closed. That
left all of us at home. Everything is supposed to melt tomorrow. The
older boys spent the day on the computer and TV.
Calvin, for the past
few weeks, has been keen on picture puzzles. He's got a couple that he
puts together every evening when he gets home from school. Today we
pulled out some that we had been holding in reserve for just such an
occasion. The living room floor became puzzle central. Too, Libby had
given me a puzzle of scenes from the Parkway for Christmas. She pulled
that out and started on it and I joined in. We let Calvin put the last
half-dozen pieces in. He takes puzzling pretty seriously: he was not
sure he wanted me to take a picture of him and the puzzles. Apparently they are not
the frivolous sort of thing that one takes pictures of, to his way of
thinking. Anyway, I got a couple of pics. It was a nice day, capped off by a
walk around the block to visit Miss Julia and to the bodega for a piece of candy. And,
tomorrow is still only Saturday!
