Happy 3rd Birthday, Eli!
My only involvement in his birthday was my
contribution to the gift that Ehlana, Ethan, and I got for him; though I’ve
spent some time with Naomi tonight too when she got back here with Ehlana from
his birthday party. I know that he’s had
fun today; with that fact based on how annoyed Naomi was when she got here –
thanks to Eli and Zack bugging her constantly with help from some of their
little friends. Zack’s staying at Eli’s
for a birthday ‘all-nighter’ that Naomi didn’t want to be there for; which is
why she’s here for the night with Ehlana instead.
Or maybe that’ll be with Ethan! I’ll let you know with the next update if I
find them sleeping on the sofa in the lounge again in the morning. ;^)
Have you ever noticed that those jokes are
so much funnier when they’re not directed at you?
Moving along, we were all awake early to
see Dad off on his trip to the city; Mom had all kids and pets in her bed for
nap time after that until we needed to get ready for Tai Chi by the river; and
then we met Michael out there for the morning exercise fun. He stayed for breakfast, but then needed to
run to get to the school on time for his morning weight training; and I had more
fun playing dress-up with Ehlana while we had more time to get ready for
school. I don’t have any news from our
school day; but we’ve had a fairly fun day since being set free after last
class.
Rowen came home with me; we did our
homework while the boys were busy with football; worked on a couple of ideas
for new cheerleading routines; and did a Magi lesson with Mom after Ethan and
Ehlana left for Aiden’s and Naomi’s houses respectively. Mom wants to do more lessons with Rowen
again; so we’ll try to work that into our schedules this fall. We also convinced Mom to go to Crystal
Springs for a sleepover with Dad tomorrow; and I’ll have Rowen here for a
sleepover while the twins will be with Aiden and Naomi respectively. The boys will likely come over for a while
tomorrow night, but we won’t be doing a co-ed sleepover; and won’t have much
time to hang out by the time Michael and I are finished with our teen praise
team practice anyway.
Michael and Tim joined us after football
practice, and because the ‘feels like’ temperature was around a hundred and
five this afternoon; we all went for a swim in the river. It was fairly cold after some cool nights
here, but that just made the swim refreshing compared to the air
temperature. Mom had four teens with her
for dinner, but we just grilled some burgers and jumbo dogs to go along with
some cold salads; and then had our meal in the sunroom. Rowen and Tim didn’t stay too long after
dinner and the clean-up because they had other plans. When they left, Mom did a Magi lesson with
Michael and me so that we had that done before the twins got back here with
their best friends; and then I helped Michael with his homework – not that he
needed it. We also had a music practice
and a bit of make-out time before we spent an hour or so with the four younger
kids until they went to bed and Michael went home at ten o’clock.
I came up to my room after seeing Michael
out and sharing out goodnight hugs and kisses on the front porch; and got right
to work as soon as I was ready for bed and tucked in with Mandy. I used a time phase for that; and even
managed to get a bit of extra language studying finished by the time I decided
to stop for the night. It’s nearly
eleven-thirty now, and with four practices ahead of me tomorrow along with
school and the rest of my work and study plans for tomorrow night; it’s time to
wrap this up and get some sleep – especially since I’m bound to have a much
later night tomorrow.
No, that won’t just be because Michael and
Tim hang out with us too long – or ‘accidentally’ fall asleep on the sofa with
their respective girlfriends. I’m not
saying that won’t ever happen when the parents are away; but it won’t happen
this time for sure.
Yes, Mom and Dad can trust me, but we do
have a public image to keep; and that kind of thing always makes the gossip
network in a small town.
I don’t really want to go there, and really
should get to the sleeping part of my night now; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
