Mom and Aunt Leanne were on their way to breakfast at the Inn by shortly before seven o'clock this morning; opting to take Dad's truck for the day so they'd have the extra storage space for the trip. The final number of shoppers was forty-two, and they'd decided to go with nine drivers and vehicles. This year, Mom and Aunt Leanne were taking Aunt Deborah, Liz Seager, and Mary-Anne Sheldon with them.
I'm sure that they had more fun than we did today, but even with school and work; Dad and I managed to have fun with Ethan, Ehlana, and our friends. Taking the twins to work was an adventure for Dad, and though he'd only booked a couple of appointments; the office was apparently very busy with visitors stopping in to see Ethan and Ehlana all day. Those visits included help for the mid-morning, lunchtime, and afternoon feedings. The highlights of the day for Ethan and Ehlana were when Naomi and her Grandma Lydia stopped by in the morning, and then Hannah Draper came over with Aiden; bringing along bakery treats for all three of them.
Rowen and I had a fairly normal day at school. The Moms' shopping trip was at the top of the conversation topic list, and that generally included talking about what gifts we were hoping to get from Santa this year. Dad closed the office early so that he could have Ethan and Ehlana home by the time Rowen and I got home from school. Since Mom had Alicia working tonight instead of tomorrow, Dad had lots of help; and after having a snack, he and Alicia were able to get some work done around the house while Rowen and I took Ethan and Ehlana up to the lounge to hang out with us while we decorated my little Christmas tree and got our homework done.
Alicia stayed until after dinner; and Rowen didn't go home until shortly before her Mom was going to be home from the shopping trip. Ethan and Ehlana were ready for bed, and had their last bottles by then; but were staying awake so they could see Mom when she finally got home at a bit after ten. She and Aunt Leanne were likely the last shoppers to get home; mostly because they spent nearly an hour dropping off their passengers and delivering the larger purchases that had been packed into their truck.
For some reason, I was sent to my room shortly after Mom and Aunt Leanne got home while Mom was told to sit in the living room with the twins; and Dad, Uncle Adam, and Aunt Leanne unloaded the truck at our house and theirs. We did all get together for a bedtime snack and story after that was done; and Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne stayed until Ethan and Ehlana were tucked into their cribs.
I've been working on my computer since coming up to bed. There wasn't much going on with email or my nightly entertainment check, but I spent a little extra time getting up to speed on the college football bowl schedule that the boys were already talking about at school today. I wouldn't bother with that except that Rowen and I do find it very funny to see the reactions from the boys at school when I can answer pretty much any sport questions - even if none of them know the answers. I've been studying in the archives for a bit over an hour, but I'm running out of steam now; so it's time to get this journal entry done. Tomorrow's another after-school work day, but with the kid Christmas shopping trip coming up on Saturday; I'm sure that every day is going to be fun for the rest of the week. Now I just need to figure out a way to get everything I have on the go done and get a bit of extra sleep at night so I'll be ready for that all-day adventure.
