10/22 Wet!

This is Friday, and the kids don't have school on Fridays.  It's designated for independent study.  Jack and Leo are enrolled in some enrichment classes at the community center - music and art and climbing, for example.  Bob and I drove them to that and got some groceries while Brita had an appointment for a massage.  Lucky girl!  

The power did come back on sometime in the middle of the night, so that helped a lot for getting started in the morning.  Weather-wise, it's a gloomy and rainy day with some wind.  This area was so so dry all summer, with wildfire threats not far away.  Finally, they are getting some moisture, so the fires are finally all out!  

Bob and Brita took the boys to the city library in the afternoon, and we all put together a supper of Pesto pasta with sausage, asparagus, olives and tomatoes.  And baguette.  The boys are happy to get the pasta, because Jack helped make it at our house last August from our homegrown basil.  They get excited about eating something that they helped to make.  Except Leo, who just wants butter on his noodles!

A relatively quiet day for the family, with more bedtime stories!