Unexpected Friendliness

Not much to report today. Kids worked on school this morning and Brock worked. We had lunch together and then Bri, Bryn, Spence and I headed to "town" to the Kinder Branch of the Allen Parish Public Library. (Skylar wanted to stay home and play with Legos while Brock worked.) It was a small library and the wifi didn't seem to be operational much to Brighton's consternation. It was a nice space to finish up our school work and hang out for a little bit. When we finished up we decided to walk the town for a few minutes. Turned out that there was really nothing to see. We passed by an auto shop and a hardware store and a baby store. We then saw the sheriff's station which had a little sign about when the town of Kinder was first settled. (Shamefully, I can't remember, guessing late 1800s???) The current population is about 2500, I think.

We decided to hit McDonalds for kiddie cones and then head back to the trailer.

Since the sun was still out, Spencer, Skylar, Heidi and I headed over to the playground for a little active play. The sun was actually very low in the sky and I was pretty cold and ready to go back fairly quick, but I stuck it out for a little longer.

The coolest thing that happened today was a knock on our trailer door right after we got home from the playground just before 6 pm. When I opened it, I saw a lady standing there holding a plate. She introduced herself and she was the mother of one of the kids that our kids had so enjoyed playing with on Sunday afternoon. She and her husband and the 9-yr-old boy came to say hello and to bring us some freshly baked chocolate chip cookies and other gifts. It was so nice! Through our conversation it came about that we were invited over to their house tomorrow for some real cajun food for lunch. We are all looking forward to getting to know them a little more.

Brighton downloaded some "game maker software" that he has been obsessively glued to working on building his own game. It is really his first shot at doing any "scripting" as he calls it. I think he really is learning. Not sure it's as productive as he claims it is, but I'm willing to allow it for now. ;o)

Brock was in phone meetings most of evening and for the last one he used his personal office, aka the Yukon, to ensure that he would have quiet. It works, I guess.