Happy 1st Birthday, Hailey!
Birthday parties when your parents own the
Olde Bakery are always going to be popular even if Hailey and her friends are a
bit young to appreciate that right now.
I’d have been happy to help out with the party in exchange for some
bakery treats; but Hannah and Nathan had lots of family and friends help
already. While Ehlana and I weren’t
involved in Hailey’s birthday action, Ethan was invited to the party – though
he was there to keep Aiden company while his house was invaded by a group of
little girls – most of them close to Hailey’s age; like Leah Ayres and Rebekkah
Burroughs.
While my day wasn’t birthday party
exciting, we did have a pretty good day at school; and getting set free for the
weekend is always popular with the kids, teens, and even most of the
teachers. I know – hard to believe; but
true all the same! The temperature here
plunged to near-freezing this morning from the rainy, humid highs of yesterday
afternoon, but at least it wasn’t raining anymore; and we were outdoors again
both at lunch time and after school.
There isn’t anything all that exciting to
write about from school today, and even our after school play time really only
included some biking and a snack break by the falls because everything was
still fairly wet from the rain we’ve had over the past two days. Dinner and a movie night was at Aunt Leanne
and Uncle Adam’s house this week, and Michael and I were on our own for that
because Rowen and Tim had other plans for the evening that they hoped would
include at least a little bit of alone time.
I really wish that Michael and I could have managed a bit of that too;
but it didn’t happen for us tonight.
What we did instead was fun too, though;
and I especially loved getting to spend some time with Aunt Grace and Uncle
Mark – the first chance I’ve had for that since their big announcement earlier
this week. In addition to the usual
gang, we also had Pastor John and Stacey there for dinner while their daughter
was at Hailey’s party; and I always love getting to spend some time with them
too. Aunt Deborah and Uncle Nick only
stayed for dinner too because they went to collect Leah from the party too and
move on to other plans for the evening; so we actually had a fairly small group
for the movie part of our night. We did
still have Aunt Grace and Uncle Mark with us, though, so the movie needed to be
toddler-appropriate while Ehlana played ‘normal’ kid; so we watched ‘The Nut
Job’ and mostly had a nice long chat while being entertained by the busy little
animated animals.
Mom and Dad needed to get Ethan from the
Draper’s house after that, so Michael and I helped with the post-movie clean-up
while they did that; we eventually did the goodbye hugs and kisses with our
grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousin; and then we went home for the
night. Michael did the bedtime story and
snack with us; we tucked the twins in for the night; and then we ended up
having a chat with Mom and Dad in the office until it was time for Michael to
go home for the night. That chat was
mostly to go over plans for tomorrow night, since the parents’ night out is
confirmed now; and Michael and I are both part of the babysitting crew
now. Rowen and Tim have been drafted
too, but we’ll also have some dinnertime supervision from Alicia – and maybe
Erin Green – while Michael’s busy at the Inn.
Having a gang of kids here isn’t going to be particularly romantic for
us, but having everyone stay for a sleepover should be fun – and a little alone
time with Michael isn’t completely out of the question. ;^)
We are going to have a very long, busy day,
though; so I’d better wrap this up and get some sleep so I’ll be ready for the
babysitting challenge – and able to stay awake if Michael and I do get to have
some alone time! Our parents may
collectively be expecting to have more fun than we will; but I’m actually fired
up about a play evening with my brother, sister, cousins, and some of our
friends – even if some of us will be technically ‘working’ too.
Then again, would you need to guess about
whether I’ll be dreaming about play time with babies, toddlers, and kids
tonight or quality alone time with Michael?
I didn’t think you would, and I’m going to get on with that right now;
so…
…Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the
Light!
