Happy 10th birthday, Scott!
Having Patrick spend most of the day with his best friend,
and doing a sleepover at the Faulkner’s certainly helped to make it a happy day
for Rowen and me; and we’re having a blissfully quiet sleepover at her house
while Patrick is away.
The rest of our day was fairly quiet too. My morning started out with Tai Chi with Mom;
we had breakfast with Violet, Ethan, and Ehlana; and then Rowen came over and
we split the rest of our morning between hanging out in the lounge and my room,
and playing outside for the last hour or so before lunchtime. Mom wanted to work in the office, so Alicia
took care of the twins while Violet was spending some time with Dillon before
he’d be busy at the Inn for the rest of the
day and she’d be working in the office too.
Rowen and I helped Alicia with making lunch for all of us, and then we
took custody of Ethan and Ehlana for a couple of hours while Mom sent Alicia
out to run some errands and have a break from babysitting.
We did a music practice in my room first, and then bundled
up for a trip to the park. It was colder
out today, and we didn’t expect to be at the playground for very long, but
after we’d been there for about fifteen minutes; Michael joined us there and was
quickly drafted to be Ethan’s personal playground equipment assistant and
trainer. He may have made Ethan’s day by
spending his afternoon break from the Inn with
us, but Rowen and Ehlana were entertained too – and not just because of the
entertainment that Michael and Ethan provided us with their fun and games.
I’m sure you’re right, Rowen, and it wasn’t a coincidence
that Michael came over to the park when we just happened to be there too. Yes, I had fun hanging out with Michael too,
but stop trying to pull an ‘Aunt Leanne’ and twist it into something it
isn’t. You won’t have any more luck
getting me to cross over to your side of the line than she has or will.
Would you like to write this?
That was rhetorical, thanks anyway. You know that Ethan was really the one
responsible for Michael’s invitation to come back with us for hot chocolate and
bakery snacks. I was just doing the
asking for him while he was stuck playing normal toddler. I was surprised that Ehlana didn’t get you to
invite him first, but then maybe the three of you worked that out when I wasn’t
looking – I’m sure it wasn’t another coincidence that you and Ehlana only left
me with one option at the kitchen table when we did sit down with our drinks
and snacks.
Nice try, but your empathic vibes are telling me something
different than what you’re implying; but not actually saying.
I’m glad that you’re entertained by anything that even
remotely involves Michael whenever he’s even remotely anywhere near me, but I’m
going to move on now and pretend that my best friend, brother, and sister have
not become volunteers for Aunt Leanne’s favorite junior matchmaking mission.
We had our break; Michael helped me with the cleanup before
going back to the Inn; and Alicia took over
watching Ethan and Ehlana after that while Rowen helped me pack an overnight
bag for our sleepover. We had time to
hang out in my room again for a while, and Dad was home from work before it was
time for us to do a round of goodbye hugs and kisses and meet up with Rowen’s Mom
at the Emerson’s house. We cooked dinner
for four; had it ready for when Owen got home; and enjoyed having a rare meal
with them that wasn’t continually interrupted by the usual antics that Patrick
and Scott unleashed whenever they were together and trying their best to gross
us out or inflict their pranks and jokes on Rowen and me.
We followed that up with a music practice that felt more
like a private recital for Rowen’s parents; watched television together for an
hour and a half after that; and then Rowen and I came up to her room for the
rest of the night while her parents continued hanging out in the living room
until they were ready to go to bed too.
Our move upstairs was mostly so we could do a little tween-rated
surfing; have some girl chat time; and make a few plans for the last couple of
weekdays we have left of our holiday.
The weather forecast isn’t exactly cooperating with our
Spring Break hopes for warm, sunny play days – we could be getting snow, ice,
and rain tomorrow depending on what the temperature is when the wet stuff
reaches us; and even if we just get rain, it’s going to be a few degrees colder
than it was today. It will be cold on
Friday too, but if the rain and snow moves through by morning; playing outside
may be a chilly option. At least we have
the Friday night dinner and a movie night to look forward too – and another
sleepover at my house.
As for tomorrow and the rest of Friday, we’ll probably just
end up playing it by ear. I don’t really
have anything else for tonight’s recap, so it’s time to move on to some more
absolutely pointless but entertaining electronic traveling and sightseeing
along the information super-highway.
Until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor; logging
out!
