Happy 16th Birthday, Rebecca!
Happy 1st Birthday, Caleb!
Our day started out great with Tai Chi for
six followed by a birthday breakfast for Rebecca that Michael and I put on for
her while their parents were busy at the Inn.
We cooked up a large batch of pancakes and bacon; enjoyed our meal; and
had Rebecca open the gifts that my parents, Ethan and Ehlana, and Michael and I
had for her. That was a blast of fun,
but Michael and I also needed to do the work before and after breakfast; so we
had to hurry to do all of that and get ready for school too.
My school day was filled with quite a bit
of fun too. The highlight was Rebecca’s
birthday lunch with her friends; and a close second was the music time that
Michael and I had with the same primary class we’d worked with on Monday. Rebecca’s had even more fun, and while I know
she loved the birthday breakfast and lunch; getting her driver’s license topped
that; and the best part of her day is the sweet sixteen dinner and a movie in
Crystals Springs with Lucas that he surprised her with – and is still ongoing
as I write this update. Since I think
that’s an awesome choice for a birthday celebration instead of having a big
party, and Lucas and Rebecca don’t exactly get to have date nights very often;
I’m really happy for them.
While going on a date to the city would be
amazing, my late afternoon and early evening was still pretty good because I
was with my family at the Everett house; celebrating Caleb’s first
birthday. I split a lot of my time there
between the dinner and clean-up work crews and kid control, but even the work
was mostly fun; and I really enjoyed spending that time with Mom, Dad, my
aunts, uncles, and the other adults at the party. The kids had fun too, and though it wasn’t
nice enough outside to play in the yard; Aunt Grace had lots of indoor games
for Caleb, his cousins, and daycare friends to keep entertained with – along with
a birthday craft and a birthday story time.
While I’m thinking about that, I haven’t
mentioned that our Elf on the Shelf, Sparkle, returned to us from the North
Pole the morning after we put up our tree – along with our three reindeer
pets. I bring that up because we had a
family first today when the Everett’s Elf on the Shelf returned from his visit
to the North Pole last night wearing his birthday outfit to help Caleb with
celebrating his big day. Caleb’s a bit
young yet to enjoy that kind of fun – at least officially; but Ethan, Ehlana,
and the other older kids had a blast with that – and the story that went along
with the birthday elf.
Also, in case you’re wondering from reading
my journals from last Christmas, yes, my reindeer, Winter, is hanging out with
me pretty much everywhere I go. I’m not
getting teased about that as much as I did last year; so maybe the other kids
and teens at school have decided that it’s okay for me to do my part to make
sure that Winter saves up enough holiday love to help out with the magic Santa
will need for his sleigh on Christmas Eve! ;^)
Moving along, dinner was kid-friendly; the
cake and ice cream dessert was a bit scary with a dozen toddlers in the house;
and the play time with all of the kids was really great. The fun had to end eventually, since most of
the one-year old kids were ready to go to bed before eight o’clock; so Mom,
Dad, Ethan, Ehlana, and I were home by eight-thirty – even after helping out
with a final clean-up before we headed out for the short walk. It was time for all of us to get started on
our work or studies then; and I helped to speed that up with some quality time
phasing.
Mom let us study and work until eleven o’clock;
and then we all came up to our rooms for the night. Mom and I took care of tucking Ehlana in;
that gave Dad and Ethan some father-son time; and I was up here in my room by
twenty-past eleven. Ten minutes later, I
was in bed and snuggled in for the night with Mandy and my computer; and this
update is the only computer work I had left to get done before I’ll be able to
head off to dreamland. I’d have been
awake much later if it hadn’t been for the time phase, but it feels that late;
so it’s past-time to wrap this up and get started on that quality nap time.
My Christmas song choice for tonight is
from a new praise and worship Christmas album by Chris Tomlin; and it’s one of
my new favorites. I hope that you love
it too!
Until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
