It took until eleven o’clock; we had some babysitter support from Grandma and Grandpa; and there might have been a little Magi power thrown in to complete the holiday preparations, but all of the work except for stuffing the turkey is done!
Even though we were really busy, it was one of those amazing nights too. I know that Mom records all of the progress that Ethan and Ehlana are making in their education and development; but it was definitely fun to watch the twins impress our grandparents with just how far they’d come in the month they’d been in South America. Getting to look at that from Grandma and Grandpa’s perspective really did make what they were doing more impressive than it was to watch it happen every day.
I also wasn’t thinking about Ethan and Ehlana being five months old today either until Grandma pointed that out. Their physical speech was now nearly completely developed; though their vocabulary was far ahead of their ability to enunciate – a problem that I can relate to, and will get better as their teeth grow in. They can read nearly as fast as I can already, and their reading comprehension is developing at about the same rate as it did for me at their age. They’re still at the very basic stages of learning to control their Magi power, but Grandma and Grandpa were still very impressed with their demonstration of what they’d learned over the past four weeks.
Ethan, Ehlana, and I were all happy to have Grandpa tell us our bedtime story, and it only took a few hugs and kisses – and a slice of Mom’s apple pie – to convince him to do that for us. The work and bedtime story has managed to keep us all awake until midnight again; so I’m going to wrap this up now. One more school day, and it will be time for some serious holiday fun!