Welcome home, Mom and Dad!
Their anniversary getaway was in Nashville,
and while their visit there was too short, and they apparently didn’t do all
that much while they were there; they had fun and looked very happy. I’m sure that Aunt Leanne will soon have the
details that would fill in the blanks in the weekend story that was kid-rated
for the twins, Rowen, and me; but let’s not go there and get back to the report
for today.
Ethan and Ehlana had Rowen and me up early
for another chilly Tai Chi workout by the river that Rowen was happy to let us
do with Michael while she went back to napping until Ehlana gave her a second
wake-up call. Michael went home for
breakfast today; and Rowen and I kept busy getting the twins fed and all of us
ready for church. We walked there with
Michael and his family; had a good morning there during the first part of the
service and while we were at Sunday school; and then we headed home again to get
changed before going on to Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne’s house for lunch with
most of our family.
That was fun, and we then spent the
afternoon playing with our grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins pretty much
until Mom and Dad got home. We had a little
social hour at our house once they were back; headed over to the Inn for the
late buffet; and had dinner with a fairly large group of family and friends
that included quite a few of the store owner families and the Nortons. Michael had spent his afternoon break with
us, and he was allowed to have a quick dinner with us once the food was out for
the second buffet; but that really was just a short break for him before he
went back to the kitchen for the rest of the evening.
I really loved having dinner with everyone,
but didn’t get to spend much time with Mom and Dad while on kid control duty
with Rowen and some of the other teens – including Lucas and Emma Norton. Tim was there with us too, but I’m pretty
sure he was just another kid for us to take care of while he played with the
younger boys and talked football with Lucas and the other teen guys. The buffet was definitely a highlight of the
day, and we were there for nearly two hours; but then it was time for everyone
to head home – and for Dad to get busy with the homework he hadn’t done all
weekend to that point.
That’s the main reason I stayed downstairs
and worked in the office too – and did my work using a time phase so that we
could all get our work or studying done without staying up half the night. Mom skipped my lesson tonight so that we
could do that instead, and that worked for me; since I was pretty much worn out
by the time she called an end to our office play time at eleven-thirty. While we did get a lot of work and studying finished,
it really did feel like play time tonight; so I’m a happy kind of tired right
now as I sit in bed cuddled with Mandy and write this report.
We only have one birthday on the schedule
for next week, and the next seven days should be quiet by comparison to this
past week, but that’s relative; and we still have a lot on the go with just our
regular schedule. I can get some extra
sleep tonight so I’ll be ready for another busy week of classes, homework,
practices, and the annual work weekend ahead of the fall festival; so I’m going
to do that right now.
Until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
