Happy 4th Birthday, Jayden!
Our cousin had a fun day, at least
according to the email report that Jaimie and Kaitlyn sent me tonight. They haven’t had as much fun with a small
gang of three and four-year old boys around from the time they got home from
school and a few of them staying for a sleepover. I feel for them; but at least they won’t need
to deal with co-ed birthday parties with Jayden anytime soon. Sure, Ethan might not be able to have co-ed
birthday parties if he didn’t also have a twin sister sharing the big day, and
I love all of the bonus fun that comes from them playing with all of their
friends; but let’s not have those little details get in the way of the ongoing
opportunities we’ll have to tease Ethan and Ehlana about their special social
exemption to the usual boy-girl segregation rule! ;^)
Our day here wasn’t birthday party
exciting, and it stayed fairly cool today too; but we managed to have a good
day even if it has been comparatively quiet.
It was an uneventful school day too, and then Michael is helping out at
the Inn tonight; so I’ve been hanging out with my parents, Ethan, and Ehlana
since getting home from school while he’s been busy. Rowen and Tim are busy tonight too; but they’re
also having more fun than Michael and I are.
Let’s not get into the details there; and I’ll just be happy for my
friends – and be just a little jealous.
Ethan and Ehlana were having a friend-free
evening too; though that was mostly because Naomi and Aiden need to spend more
time this weekend with their parents and sibs after being with us for the past
two weekends. I know that Nathan,
Hannah, Philip, and Liz were all happy that their kids could do a big trip with
us, and they still had their youngest kids at home to keep them entertained;
but they still really missed Naomi and Aiden and need to spend extra time with
them when they can.
While I didn’t need to work tonight; Ethan,
Ehlana, and I only went out for a short walk to the park to check out the
playground work in progress. That’s
mostly been a tear-down of the old equipment this week; so we pretty much only
got to see less instead of more. The
only equipment that is staying and just getting a face-lift will be the swing
sets. Everything else is being taken
out, and once that’s finished; the ground will be re-worked too before the new
equipment is installed. Part two of that
process is why the playground isn’t scheduled for completion until the week
leading into the Memorial Day holiday, but the kids around here can always play
at the school instead while the park playground is off-limits.
Once we were home again, we mostly hung out
with Mom until dinnertime. We played on
our computers in the office while she was doing her own work in there; I helped
out with making dinner while Ethan and Ehlana continued to do some college
assignments; and then we had dinner shortly after Dad got home from the
office. He has a fair bit of work to get
done this weekend, so he opted to work in the office tonight so that he won’t
have to work as hard tomorrow or Sunday; so the twins and I decided to hang out
with him – and Mom – and do some studying tonight too for a couple of
hours. That was fun, but then we came up
to the lounge to watch a movie before bedtime; and the twins are now camping
out on the sofa in the lounge after falling asleep in there and being too cute
to move. Mandy’s in there with them; so
I’m on my own tonight – and wishing more than a little bit that I had a cuddle
buddy too. Michael’s going to be back at
the Inn for the breakfast rush, though; so he’s not available tonight.
I don’t really want to think about that
cuddle buddy thing, and I’m not quite ready to sleep yet, but that’s all I
really have for this update; so I’m going to wrap it up and do something else until
I am ready to head off to dreamland.
Tomorrow is going to be a full workday for chores in and around the
house, and that isn’t going to be fun compared to our last two weekends, but it
will be nice to get some Dad and daughter time even if we will be doing chores
while hanging out together. There will,
hopefully, be some Michael and me time tomorrow night after he’s finished at
the Inn for the day, so I won’t stay up too much longer tonight. I really don’t want to end up being too tired
for that and fall asleep before we get around to the good parts of that alone
time opportunity.
Then again, an unplanned sofa sleepover
might be nice too! ;^)
Now that’s a happier thought to end this
report with; so that’s it for tonight, and, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
