Violet didn’t need a cuddle buddy last night – well, she didn’t need one after getting home and going to bed. We did have a short good-morning cuddle and chat after Tai Chi while Mom and Dad were busy with Ethan and Ehlana; but we really didn’t have much time for that before we needed to get up and moving.
I thought that we’d be a bit rushed with Violet needing to get ready to head home after lunch, but she had other plans, and we were able to get to church twenty minutes early. Dillon was already there, so I’m sure that spending the extra time with him had been the main reason that Violet hadn’t started packing her bags before or after breakfast. They did sit with us until Sunday School so that Ethan, Ehlana, and I could spend a little more time with them; but I’m not sure whether they actually made it to the teen classroom or not. I don’t think that I was the only person in their combined families to decide that a ‘don't ask, don’t tell’ policy was appropriate for the occasion.
The good news with Violet holding off on the packing was that we got to spend a couple of extra hours with her during lunch and while she did get ready to head home. Mom did one last lesson with her too; and she conveniently pulled out of the driveway in time to stop at the Inn to say goodbye to Dillon, Jake, and Stephanie while they were taking their afternoon break. Mom and Dad had work to do in the office after that, so Rowen and I took care of Ethan and Ehlana. We walked to the park and played there for a bit less than an hour; watched a movie in the lounge; and then Rowen headed home when it was time for Ethan, Ehlana, and I to get ready for dinner at the Inn.
We were mostly doing the early buffet because Grandpa had assured us that he absolutely needed one last meal at the Inn before he and Grandma left for the sunny south in the morning. Our little family dinner party at the Inn ended up being even more fun than usual for me when Rowen and her family joined us. She advised me that it had only taken reminding her mother that the Proctors were doing the dinner buffet to convince her that cooking and cleaning for an hour and a half or so would not be as much fun as going out too. The dining room at the Inn was full, so maybe the impending return to school for the kids was a factor too.
After a great meal, Mom and Dad took us over to Grandma and Grandpa’s house. Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne came too, and while Grandma and Grandpa still had a bit of packing to do, we spent nearly two more hours visiting with them before it was time to do the goodbye hugs and kisses; and take Ethan and Ehlana home. I should probably include myself in that, since it’s a school night, but then I’m still awake now; and it’s going on midnight.
Dad still had work to do when we got home, so I helped Mom with Ethan and Ehlana; we did a Magi lesson while she was nursing them; I followed that up with a bath; and have been working on my computer and cuddling with Mandy since getting out of the Jacuzzi. I’m caught up on email, the latest entertainment and sports news, my end of the family business, and I even covered the archive studies that went with tonight’s lesson.
I really should get some sleep now to be ready for school in the morning, so that’s all from Witch Falls for today, folks!