Happy 19th Birthday, Violet!
Ethan, Ehlana, and I did our part this
morning to get her day off to a great start, but it’s up to her family, Mom,
Dad, and Dillon to make sure it ends well too – since the party moved to
Crystal Springs for the day shortly after Alicia came over to take custody of
Ethan and Ehlana.
After Tai Chi by the river, it was non-stop
action for a while as I helped Mom with making breakfast; we had a bit less
than an hour of birthday fun with Violet; and then Mom, Violet, and Dillon all
got ready to go to the city for the day while I cleaned up with some
supervisory help from Ethan and Ehlana.
While I’m sure that we would have had fun in Crystal Springs today too,
I wasn’t too disappointed about staying home either; and sometimes, the parents
need to have a night away without kids along.
We missed out on getting to see Uncle Rick, Aunt Melissa, Dawn, Chris,
and Martin too; but they were only making a flying trip down and back after
work anyway, so we would have just made that visit a little more hectic for
everyone anyway.
Instead of doing that, I helped Alicia with
Ethan and Ehlana for most of the day until we were passed off to Aunt Leanne
after she was finished work. We had some
play time with Michael, Rowen, and Tim when they either were done work or on
breaks too; and spent a lot of time playing outside and going for regular
swims. I’m spending the night at Rowen’s
house while the twins are next door with Uncle Adam, Aunt Leanne, and Zack; but
Rowen and I both had dinner with them and then we took care of Ethan, Ehlana,
and Zack while we were at the park for the co-ed baseball practice that Mom and
Dad were both missing.
We had another dinnertime hit of rain
tonight too, but that was once again one of those there and gone micro-blasts
of wet that the ground practically opened up, sucked in, and then dried up in
what seemed like minutes. So far, we’ve
lucked out with the timing for the wet parts of this week, but if the forecast
is even remotely accurate for tomorrow; our luck will run out before Rowen and
I get around to our baseball practice tomorrow night. Since we have our game on Saturday, I’d
rather that we didn’t miss a practice; but we can’t exactly complain much when
we’ve had such an awesome start to our summer weather so far!
After baseball, Rowen and I took Ethan and
Ehlana for a swim, and had Michael and Tim join us for that; and then Michael
and I helped with getting the twins ready for bed before leaving them with
Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne and going over to Rowen’s house to meet up with her
and Tim again. I wasn’t surprised to
find out that Patrick had invited Scott to stay overnight too – that’s one
thing that hasn’t changed yet even if they are getting past the annoying little
brother stage now. Rowen would tell you
that Patrick hasn’t left that stage quite yet, but she’d be referring to the
fact that he still has a talent for messing up her fun. In tonight’s episode of that; Patrick and
Scott kept our boyfriends busy playing video games and spending almost no time
cuddling with us pretty much right up until it was time for them to head home
for the night.
They came out on the front porch with us
when it was time for the goodnight hugs and kisses, so that put a damper on
things for us too; but we were too polite to tell them to get lost.
We were all thinking it, though.
That might have something to do with why
Rowen and I came straight up to her room after that; and have been here since
except for washroom breaks while getting ready for bed – and why Rowen spent
some quality time watching annoying brother videos on YouTube. Seeing that there are many little brothers
who are way worse than hers always helps to cheer her up!
Talking about our upcoming shopping trip on
Friday helped too – and put her to sleep about half an hour ago. I’ve been doing some family business work
while she was surfing and we talked, but I’m finished the work I wanted to get
done tonight; so it’s time to go to sleep now too. Other than our baseball practice that may or
may not be a go tomorrow; we don’t have any major play plans. Rowen’s going to put in some extra time at
the computer store ahead of our shopping trip; and I’ll be helping out with
Ethan and Ehlana at least until Mom gets home again at lunchtime.
I’m good with having a quiet day – it’ll
give us a chance to rest up and be ready for the shopping trip and a busy
weekend that’ll include baseball and Ethan and Ehlana’s birthday party. That is it for tonight, though; so, until
next time…
…Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the
Light!
