Heirs of the Magi News Flash!

***Heirs of the Magi News Flash!*** Winter has, for the most part, been mild so far - or awesome for the month that Cassie and Michael spent in summertime-Australia! They are home now and will be working from home for most of the time until Easter. The hometown work will include getting ready for their next trip, but there will be a lot of fun to get in on and share with their favorite people - including their March Break trip to Florida adventure. All of your favorite Magi Masters will continue to work and play while their future plans unfold; so... ...Visit Witch Falls often to keep up with all of their latest stories; and Happy Reading!

Friday, September 20, 2013

Cassie's Journal - September 19, 2013



Congratulations Liz, Philip, Naomi, and everyone in the Seager and Ayres families!

Eli Seager arrived at two-oh-five this afternoon, about eleven hours after he gave his mother the early morning wake-up call to let her know he was just about ready to be born.  He was eight pounds, four ounces; is very healthy; and looks like his daddy.

That news – at least that Liz had gone into labor – reached us before Tai Chi this morning; so Michael passed that nugget on to his mother and sister between the time he went home and met up with me again for the walk to school.  Aunt Leanne sent regular updates to Mom because she went to the clinic with Uncle Adam when he got the call at three o’clock; and stayed until Aunt Deborah came in for her shift after doing the morning feeding with Leah.

Michael, Rowen, and I weren’t the only kids with that grapevine story by the time we got to school.  Some of the kids and teens heard about it through their own family connections while others heard about it through the teachers – and Mr. Seager’s absence today.  In a school as small as ours; substitute teachers are noticed by the students.  Thanks to having Mr. Ayres as our teacher, I was able to get regular progress updates through Nurse-Aunt Deborah; so we also knew that Eli had been born by the time we started our last class of the afternoon.

I don’t often think about the fact that Liz is Uncle Nick’s sister, or that Aunt Deborah was helping to deliver her nephew today.  Some people may have been surprised that Uncle Nick worked all day, but I’m sure that was easier on him than sitting in the waiting room all day doing nothing.  He was the first kid out of the classroom after Geography class, though; and his timing getting to the clinic was probably pretty good by the time Eli was cleaned up and presentable.

Though I would have liked to go and meet Eli then too, I knew it would be too busy at the clinic with the Ayres and Seager clans there along with the rest of the regular patients.  The good news is that the appointments don’t need to be juggled around much anymore now that we have two doctors.  The biggest issue Uncle Adam likely has right now is with days like today when he has to deal with Magi births around a non-Magi best friend and fellow doctor.  Mom’s worked on that problem with him and Aunt Deborah; but I haven’t seen them in action yet.

Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I went to the Inn for our after-school study session.  It was raining by then; but I didn’t go outside again until after game night was over.  We got our assignments out of the way and had a little chat and snack break before Tim and Rowen left so that Michael and I could get to work in the kitchen.  We had extra diners tonight because the proud Seagers and Ayres grandparents brought their combined clans and some friends over for a quick dinner before most of them returned to the clinic again.  That made for a busy night in the kitchen, and Rebecca, Michael, and I pretty much worked straight through until game night started.

Eli’s arrival and the rainy weather combined for a low turnout for game night.  Miranda was okay with that because she had Mom for her partner this week; and they fairly handily won the senior championship this week.  Michael and I didn’t win the junior championship; and neither did Tim and Rowen because Caleb Palmer and Erica Bassett took the title this week.  The fact that the four of us spent as much time playing with Ethan and Ehlana as we did playing the games might have had something to do with why our teams were closer to the bottom than the top – even when there wasn’t a lot of competition.

Mom had driven over with Ethan and Ehlana, so we didn’t have to walk home in the rain; and Miranda sent leftover game night snacks with us to drop off at the clinic on our way home.  Michael came with us to help with that delivery; and we ended up staying there for nearly a half-hour because Liz had been up and nursing Eli.  We got to see them; Mom, Ehlana, and I each held Eli for a minute; and Naomi decided that she needed to have a sleepover with Ehlana instead of her grandparents – a decision that worked for all of the tired-out adults in the building.

Uncle Mark was taking the first half or more of the night shift, and Uncle Adam had already gone to bed after only getting a few hours of sleep last night.  Liz was probably disappointed, but Uncle Adam couldn’t do a full healing with her all at once because Uncle Mark would be checking up on her during the night; but I’m sure that he did as much as he could.  Mom had a private chat with Liz while everyone else was busy with the snacks; and that gave her a chance to make sure that Liz and Eli were both doing fine too.

We dropped Michael off at his house on the way home, so that didn’t give us much of an opportunity for a goodnight hug and kiss – especially with Ethan and Ehlana giggling at us from their car seats.  That needed to be a quick stop because Grandma and Grandpa Ayres followed us home with Naomi so that we didn’t need to move her car seat into our minivan in the rain.  Having three toddlers to get ready for bed kept Mom and I busy for a while before they were tucked in for the night; and then we did a Magi lesson in my room before Mom went to bed and I got started on my studies.

That was hours of work ago now, and it’s after three o’clock.  I should’ve wrapped up an hour ago, because we have another long day ahead of us that’s going to start with helping Mom with Ethan, Ehlana, and Naomi again.  We have another home football game that Rowen and I will be going to with Michael and Tim; and hopefully we’ll get to have a little cuddle time and a movie after that – though I’m looking forward to seeing Dad after he’s home again too.

For right now, though, I’m beat and need to crash for a few hours; so that’s all I’ve got for tonight.

Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!