Busy Friday the Thirteenth

The day started out very cold...low was 22f. It did manage to get into the lower 30's this afternoon, but has already dropped down into the 20's tonight. Woody and I headed next door to take care of five of the six as Isaac had a pediatrician appointment this morning. We got school underway for the older children and Woody read and played with Elijah for a while and then Joy and Esther read to him. I tried to keep the older children focused on their school work. Not long after we got over there, Melany called. She had the day off for a snow day. And, since it really wasn't all that bad out (snow-wise), I suggested that she and Alex might like to come today instead of tomorrow. She decided that was a good idea and the two of them arrived around 11am. They made a stop at Kroger in Murfreesboro for shitake mushrooms for us (our Kroger doesn't seem to carry them or at least didn't have them when Woody looked last week). She and Alex ate lunch with us and then we spent the rest of the afternoon over at Nathan and Kathy's. We all had a very nice visit. Alex played video games with the children...showed them a few new moves...and...Melany held little Isaac!