Happy New Year again!
The snow from yesterday and the college bowl games today
combined to convince our holiday weekend guests to pack up and head for home
early. Even Chris and Martin were able
to get motivated at the prospect of being home in time to watch the games with
their buddies; and were packed and ready to go in record time for them despite
the lack of sleep from too much video gaming.
Our parents weren’t quite as fired up, but Uncle Rick and
Uncle Blaine really did want to get on the road early, so Mom, Dad, Violet, and
I all pitched in to make that happen for them.
It was still only mid-morning by the time we were done with the goodbye
hugs and kisses; our outbound family members were all on the road; and we could
take a little break in a suddenly very quiet house.
With the Inn closed today, Violet was busy with Dillon from
shortly after we had that little snack break, and I went to meet up with Rowen
for some snow play fun while Mom and Dad puttered around the house and spent
the day playing with Ethan and Ehlana.
As kids everywhere there is snow do, Rowen and I managed to find a place
where we – and what seemed like half the kids in town – could do a little
tobogganing. It wasn’t much of a run,
and we could only play until the snow cover was too thin to keep sliding down
without getting caught in ruts, dirt, or mud and slush. The rest of our snow play included a really
fun mass snowball fight at the park; some more snowman building that we stopped
to help Jessica Bassett with on our way back to Rowen’s house for lunch; and a
moderately successful attempt at riding and sliding our bikes around at the
park and school.
When Rowen and I stopped in to my house for our afternoon
break, I found out that Ethan, Ehlana, and I were doing a dinner and sleepover
with Grandma and Grandpa tonight. yes,
I’m sure that part of that was so we could spend a little quality time with
them before they head out on their next trip this weekend, but Mom and Dad
seemed very happy about the prospect of some quality alone time too. Whatever they plan to do with their kid-free
time is probably one of those things that kids-don’t-need-to-know.
That news did shorten my play time with Rowen, and we ended
up staying in my room with Ethan and Ehlana after our hot chocolate and cookies
break. We had a little flute and sax
music practice; I packed for my sleepover; and we had a little telepathic chat
with Ethan, Ehlana, and Mandy while mostly just hanging out and taking it
easy. When it was time to go over to
Grandma and Grandpa’s house, we did the goodbye hugs and kisses with Mom; Rowen
headed home; and Dad drove Ethan, Ehlana, and me over so that we didn’t have to
bother with switching the car seats to Grandpa’s van.
There really isn’t much to report for the rest of the
evening. After days of too much food,
Grandma and I put together a light soup and sandwiches meal; we had bakery
desserts; and then spent a couple of hours playing before both the grandparents
and toddlers were ready for an early bedtime.
I wasn’t ready to crash at nine o’clock, so I’ve been playing on my
computer since helping to put Ethan and Ehlana to bed. It’s still only ten-thirty now, but I guess
getting an extra couple of hours of sleep more than usual will be nice – as long
as that doesn’t just have me up earlier than usual in the morning. I’ll let you know how that worked out for me
tomorrow night.
Until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor; logging
out!
