Don’t fall off of your chair – or from
wherever you’re sitting – but I got in trouble with the parents tonight!
Okay, not really; but Dad had fun teasing
Michael and me after ‘catching’ us sneaking back in from a moonlight swim at
about one-thirty this morning. I’m
grounded until breakfast time, since I’m supposed to be doing that with Michael
and his family; and Mom and Dad are going to have to tell his parents about
this little ‘incident’. That seems
especially funny for Michael and I right now – especially considering the fact
that we at least had our clothes – or swimsuits – on for the swim. We can’t say the same for earlier parts of
the night between the time that Ethan and Ehlana went to bed and when Mom and
Dad got home from their post-baseball game party at the pub.
I predict a major round of teasing for
Michael and me tomorrow.
The rest of the day was amazing too –
starting with Tai Chi by the river with Naomi and Aiden for bonus exercise
buddies. With eighteen to feed, Mom and
Dad decided that it was way easier to take us to the Inn and let Jacob and
Miranda feed us stacks of bulk-rate pancakes and what was probably about ten
pounds of sausages and bacon – if my guess about how much meat the boys
collectively demolished was any indication.
I’m sure that Rowen’s hoping that Tim will grow up to be like his
father, but he could definitely give his uncle and cousin a run for their money
in the food-consumption department – even if he can’t bench press farm
equipment yet.
Speaking of farm equipment, Dad got his
main Father’s Day gift a day early, and while the breakfast wasn’t planned; it
did give Mom a convenient opportunity to have his gift dropped off in the back
yard while we were gone. He won’t need
the snow blower attachment for a while yet, but the new lawn tractor does have
a bigger cutting deck that made mowing the lawn a little quicker today; and a
vacuum-mulching-rear-bagging system that will be especially nice to have come
this fall when it’s time to harvest the leaves.
Dad did try it out for a while this morning
too, but then let me have my usual job back; since he was supposed to be
getting the weekend off from chores even if he couldn’t skip working on his
real job too. That mostly gave me time
to help out with the campground tear-down.
Michael was the only other teen able to help with that because the
Nortons needed to get back to the farm right after breakfast; Rowen and Tim
went over to his Aunt and Uncle’s house to help with setting up for the grad
party that they were hosting; and Rebecca stayed at the Inn to help her parents
with the extra clean-up that had gone along with a bigger than usual breakfast
rush.
While I’m thinking about Rebecca, I wanted
to mention that Jenny was invited to the camping adventure last night; but didn’t
want to be the only ‘single’ teen there and spent the first night of her summer
vacation hanging out with some of the other cheerleaders. I’m sure that she’ll be spending some time with
Rebecca today, and all summer too; but it definitely feels strange to be having
this little phase where she feels like the odd one out while Rebecca is
starting her new relationship with Lucas.
Summer is here, though; and there are going to be a lot of incoming boys
visiting for vacations and holidays; so Jenny is fairly excited about that!
Exciting isn’t the word I’d use to describe
my extended yard work morning, but it has been a gorgeous day; so at least I
got to enjoy the sun and warm while working on mowing the lawn and doing the
usual gardening and other chores around the yard. Going for a swim to cool off and get rid of
the major grime before stopping for lunch at one-thirty was good too; and then
I was set free for the afternoon – as long as I took Ethan and Ehlana along
with me.
Yes, Dad did need to get some work done in
the office this afternoon, and that was easier without a bunch of kids running
around; but Michael and I weren’t the only couple enjoying some
clothing-optional fun at my house today – if the smiles on my parents’ faces
when we got home for dinner were any indication. Whenever you’re reading this in the future
some day, Ethan, let me remind you that it was too much information for you
today too. ;^)
Moving along, while Mom and Dad worked –
and played a bit too; Ethan, Ehlana and I biked over to the Inn and then went
on to play at the park after Michael was able to go on his afternoon
break. We biked the trails; ran around
at the playground; and hopped into the river for a swim before going to the
Emporium for an ice cream break. We had
those treats by the falls; Michael got to have several hugs and kisses when it
was time for him to go back to work; and then I took Ethan and Ehlana for
another, longer bike ride before we went home for dinner.
We just had a quick meal tonight because
Mom and Dad had their ballgame; so we had eaten and cleaned up with lots of
time to spare before they needed to get to the park for their warm-ups. It was a busy night at the park with games at
both diamonds; but the top event in town was the grad party at the Landry’s
house. I was short a cheerleader because
Rowen was there and helping out on the work crew with Tim and his parents; but
I still had fun with Ehlana, Naomi, Leah, and a few other girls who came over
to hang out with us while we were cheering for our team.
The only part of the evening that wasn’t
fun while we were at the park was the end of the game – and only because we
lost. Sheldon’s Beer Buddies had been in
the lead for most of the game – or at worst, tied with our Bakery Beagles; so
it wasn’t really all that big of a surprise that we didn’t have enough gas left
in the team tank for a come-from-behind win.
We were still down two runs when the game ended on a pretty good
grounder catch and force-out combination by the Beer Buddies’ third and second
basemen. The good news for the Beagles’
players that went to the pub after the game – the winners usually bought the
first round; while the bad was that they also got razzed about the loss all
night – again, as usual.
Michael joined us at the park in time to
catch the last couple of innings after a busy night at the Inn, and by the end
of the game, we had plans to not only babysit Ethan, Ehlana, Naomi, and Aiden;
but to have our three best friends stay overnight again – though this time, we
were doing that indoors. That meant
doing a bit of running around to get overnight bags while the parents got
cleaned up and ready to go out, but Michael and I had our four charges home
before Uncle Adam, Aunt Leanne, Uncle Mark, and Aunt Grace stopped into to
collect Mom and Dad on their way to the Pub.
Once they were gone, it was movie time in
the lounge; and we spent a happy hour and a half or so immersed in a Disney fairytale
before doing the bedtime story with the kids and putting them to bed with some
bonus girl – or guy – chat time.
I’ve already mentioned that Michael and I
followed that up with some clothing-optional fun for two; but we were dressed
and only having a little cuddle time when Mom and Dad got home shortly before
one o’clock. We met them downstairs; had
a little chat; and then we all went to bed – except for those of us who didn’t
and met up to sneak outside and go for that swim. There was probably some other reason why Dad
couldn’t sleep and was awake when he heard us come back inside again; but let’s
not go there – or I’ll start thinking about Michael being all alone in that bed
right below my room and possibly get myself in trouble with the parents for a
second time in one night! ;^)
If sneaking out to the river in the middle
of the night is bad; I wonder what they’d say about finding us cuddled together
in his bed – or mine in the morning? We’re
not going to find out the answer for that tonight; but I predict we will some
day – either here or at Michael’s house.
I’d better wrap this up and get some sleep
before I change my mind about that and sneak downstairs to Michael’s room after
all. There isn’t anything else important
to add to the update tonight anyway; though I’ll add a grad party report
tomorrow after getting that news from Rowen and Tim at church in the
morning. It’s been another really
awesome day; and our summer holidays continue to start out great!
That fun will kick into high gear again in
a few hours with Father’s Day Tai Chi here and breakfast at Michael’s, so I
really should get started on that nap now.
Until next time…
…Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the
Light!
