Happy 2nd Birthday, Eli!
I wasn’t involved in Naomi’s little brother’s
happy day, but Ehlana was with Naomi to help her friend out while she was stuck
with a house full of two-year old boys during Eli’s party – including Zack. Naomi’s also staying here tonight while Eli’s
having a sleepover with a few of his buddies; and Aiden is here with Ethan.
They’ve all just gone to bed now as I’m
writing this; Michael’s still talking with the boys; and I’m writing this now
because he’s staying for a sleepover too that I plan on turning into a sofa
sleepover – if we can get away with that once Mom and Dad are back from their
evening out with their friends. That, by
the way, is not at Sheldon’s. They’re at
Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne’s house with some other aunts, uncles, and friends while
Zack is away for his sleepover. There
were rumors that Brianna might end up doing a sleepover with Grandma and
Grandpa too; but that wasn’t confirmed as of the last time I talked with Mom
and Dad before they left.
It’s been a cooler fall day today; but it
was sunny too; so that was actually perfect for a yard and house chores
day. I have absolutely nothing of
interest to include from all of that work; but Dad and I had fun working
together – and getting to have some father-daughter time that has been rare for
us over the past few weeks while we’ve both been too busy. We’d both like to have more time to play, but
I don’t expect that to happen much between now and the end of our football
season – whenever that happens. That
lack of time together has me thinking about how much I include in my journal
about Mom and Dad; and that isn’t a lot most of the time. I should occasionally mention that the time
we do spend together is pretty much always good, and though that’s likely
really unbelievable for most teens; it’s true for us.
That’s at least partly because the level of
daily parental stress is lower thanks to having three Magi Master kids. I’m sure they’d tell you that I make up for
that with the extreme moments of stress we’ve had thanks to the Hathornes; but
what can I say – no kid is perfect! My
point here is that the love and happiness is an all the time, everyday thing
for us. I don’t ever take it for
granted; so I want to at least mention it now and then for posterity. I’m blessed to have such an amazing family –
especially when we’re all at our busiest and need those little cameo moments of
love and sanity to help us to get through the long, crazy-busy days.
This is going to end up being a long,
mostly-busy day too; but ending it with a movie, some make-out time, and a sofa
sleepover with Michael is my idea of a perfect way to wrap up the first half of
our weekend. From what I’m sensing on
the second floor, he’ll be coming up here again soon; so it’s time for me to
wrap this up and go have some teen-rated play time with my boyfriend!
Don’t use your imagination on that, please –
we’re only fourteen! ;^)
That’s a slightly-weird note to end this
update on, but I really do need to go now; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
