Dad and I spent the morning working in the yard while Mom mostly stayed in with Ethan and Ehlana; taking care of them, and cleaning the house. Alicia was working her first Saturday shift of the school year, and was helping Mom until putting the twins down for a nap following their afternoon feeding. We didn’t stop for lunch until nearly one, and I was set free to go play with Rowen for the rest of the afternoon.
Rowen’s Mom had kept her busy with a major cleanup of the back rooms at the store; so we were both ready to take it easy after working so hard. We biked to the Emporium to get drinks and snacks, and then went over to hang out at the park. Baseball was done for the year, but some of the boys were playing football, so we sat in the bleachers with a few other kids and watched them while having our snack. After that, we rode our bikes all the way around the park along the path, and then wrapped up our afternoon with a little playground action. I biked over to the store with Rowen, but her Mom and Dad were busy with customers still, so I didn’t stay long, and went home to help out with Ethan and Ehlana while Mom and Dad got dinner ready.
It was just the five of us for the night, and after dinner, Mom, Dad, and I did a Magi lesson and question and answer time with the twins. I remember what those lessons were like with Mom when I was a baby, but we definitely seem to have more fun now. We worked with the elements tonight, and Mom let me teach a big part of the lesson. I’m sure that she’ll write about it more extensively in her own archive, but one thing that’s very different is how Ethan and Ehlana discuss what they’re being taught with each other before trying the lesson themselves. That does seem to help them, and they haven’t really had any problems with losing control like I occasionally did.
We ended up doing most of the question and answer time while watching a movie in the living room; and Ethan and Ehlana had as many questions about the romantic comedy we’d decided to watch as they did about things that had happened during the day while Alicia was working and they couldn’t talk with their parents or sister. Mom nursed them then too, and then Ethan and Ehlana were tucked into their cribs for a nap while Mom and I went to spend a little quality time with our Jacuzzis, and Dad worked in the office for a couple of hours.
Mandy and I are in bed, and she’s telling me that it’s time to get some sleep. My typing must be keeping her awake – it’s not like she has to get up with me at three to help Dad with Ethan and Ehlana. Sunday mornings are always busy, and I am tired, so it is time to call it a night.
