Exams are done, and the school year is all
over except for the play week! Yeah!
I’m going to skip any other references to
the ‘E’ word and just fill the rest of this report with the fun news.
First up, we took the night off because we
can; and there won’t be any more homework anyway unless you’re one of the few
with late projects or assignments. That
was good, but adding Rebecca and Lucas to the fun plans was even better – especially
once we all had approval for a sleepover at my house. There’s a chance that we could have camped in
the back yard instead and not gotten rained on; but I’m okay with being in my
room instead; and it was nice to have the cuddle time in the lounge while we
watched a movie too.
Ethan and Ehlana have Naomi and Aiden doing
a sleepover with them on the second floor, and though we didn’t take them out
to play with us before dinner; we did have them with us for the evening while
Mom, Dad, and the rest of their team played their first ballgame of the season.
Make that all of their players but
one. Uncle Mark took Aunt Grace away
this morning on a surprise thirtieth birthday weekend away from home; so he
wasn’t able to play tonight. His absence
didn’t hurt our team at all; and our Bakery Beagles beat the Hair Hounds by a
fairly impressive score of eleven-to-four.
Rowen, Rebecca, and I led our little group
of cheerleaders during the game, and Michael, Tim, and Lucas spent about half
of our time at the park keeping Ethan and Aiden entertained with some football
fun and playground action. Mom and Dad
didn’t have an ulterior motive for approving our sleepover, but they did agree
to take advantage of a house full of appropriately-aged babysitters so they
could go out to Sheldon’s pub with pretty much everyone else on their team and
some other friends. Christina and Josiah
offered to take care of Zack so that Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne could go too,
and Violet and Dillon went over there to hang out with them – and then with
Jake and Stephanie too once they were finished work at the Inn.
When we got home tonight, while Mom and Dad
got cleaned up and ready to go out; the rest of us decided to go for a fairly
chilly swim in the river. It was cooling
down a bit by then, but we were all hot and sweaty after either cheering for
our team or running around and playing; so it felt really good to get cooled off
in a hurry – and to have a little bit of water fun with our friends.
Okay, getting to watch three guys who have
been working out every school day morning since January was a nice bonus too;
but I digress. ;^)
We had the four younger kids dried, changed
into pajamas; and ready for bed by the time Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne stopped
in to collect Mom and Dad, and they only stayed long enough for a quick round
of goodnight hugs and kisses before heading out the door. Once they were gone, we all went upstairs to
the lounge and picked out a G-rated action flick that wouldn’t be too boring
for the guys while still appropriate for my brother, sister, and their
friends. Rebecca and Lucas took one end
of the sectional sofa; Rowen and Tim had the other; and Michael and I stretched
out on the floor with the four younger kids; using pillows from the alcoves and
my bed to make ourselves more comfortable.
We lost Aiden before the movie was over,
and he probably didn’t realize that he fell asleep snuggling with Ehlana. Ethan was snuggling too, but he was fully
aware of it; and neither he or Naomi had a problem with it – even when Tim
tried to tease him about it a little before Rowen shushed him. Though they were still awake, Ethan, Ehlana,
and Naomi got rides down to the second floor too when Michael carried Aiden down
to Ethan’s room; and after Michael and Tim spent a few minutes with Ethan while
Rowen and I tucked Ehlana and Naomi into their beds; we all went back upstairs
and queued up another more teen-rated action adventure flick for the second
movie of the night.
Michael and I were on the floor again for
that show so that our friends could all stretch out on the sofa, and while that
was a new experience for Rebecca and Lucas; they caught on quickly and seemed
to be very happy. Mom and Dad got home
shortly after that movie ended; and Michael and I were in the kitchen cleaning
up from our movie-time drinks and snacks before heading to bed. Rowen and Tim were making sure that the guys
had everything they’d need in the morning for when they wanted to hit the
showers – and probably making out in Tim’s room; while Rebecca and Lucas had
taken the lounge clean-up job – and probably making out there.
I so need to start having us draw straws
for those jobs!
Anyway, Mom and Dad gave us the condensed
pub news report; we told them about what we’d been doing while they were gone;
and then we all went up to bed. Michael
and I shared our goodnight kiss outside of his room, and kept it short when we
heard Lucas on the back stairs coming down to his room after saying goodnight
to Rebecca.
Sometimes seeing grins are enough; and
words are just not necessary.
While Rebecca was staying in the room
across the hall from the lounge instead of sacking out on the sofa; she was
still in my room with Rowen; and we sat on my bed for a little girl chat
time. We were still doing that when
Violet and Dillon got home, and while he went to bed – in her room – she joined
us and added a little more fun to the mix as we talked until two out of four of
us were ready to go and get some sleep.
Or at least to bed. Rowen and I are pretty sure that Violet wasn’t
as sleepy as she claimed.
Yep.
Okay. Where was I again?
Right – Violet and Rebecca went off to bed;
Rowen and I got changed and hopped into my bed with Mandy and our computers;
and Michael is in the room directly below me wearing his usual scrubs pants and
a smile. I wonder if Mom and Dad would
notice if I snuck downstairs and spent a little more time saying goodnight to
him?
Moving along, Rowen’s been picking out
random YouTube videos again while I’ve been doing my nightly computer checks
and writing this; but we’ve both pretty much had enough fun now and are ready
to pack up our computers and have a nap.
As of my last check, the Saturday morning baseball games are probably
out, and our afternoon games aren’t looking promising; but the weather
forecasts have been notoriously unreliable over the past couple of weeks so we’ll
just wait and see what happens.
One way or the other, we need to be up
early; Lucas still needs to be home right after breakfast; and Rowen, Tim, and
Michael are all working with their parents at the computer store, shop, or
Inn. If yard work is out for me; I’ll
just help out around the house instead.
While sneaking down to Michael’s room right now is a really bad good
idea; I am hoping that we’ll get to have a little alone time tomorrow night
after he’s finished work at the Inn.
With that hopeful, cheery thought to go to
sleep with; that’s all for tonight, folks; and I’m out of here!
Until next time…
…Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the
Light!
