Happy 6th Birthday, Aiden!
Yes, they’re only six, but I’m sure that
Aiden enjoyed his birthday wake-up call from Ehlana as much as Ethan liked
having Naomi wake him up for Tai Chi! :^)
Aiden’s birthday was the main reason for
why we had lots of parents with us for a pot-luck breakfast – including Michael’s
parents. We needed to split up and have
groups in the dining room and sunroom; and Aiden’s special breakfast was in the
dining room while Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I took care of getting the younger
kids fed. That made for a crazy-busy
morning; we had to rush around to get to church on time; and then it almost
seemed as though we got a break from the busy while we were at the service and
in Sunday school.
Michael had to work the full shift today,
but I only worked the buffet-to-close half of the day; and spent my afternoon
helping out with Aiden’s birthday party.
That was at his house, but we also went for a bike ride around town on
the trails; had some play time at the park; and I headed for work while Aiden’s
party rolled on until they came to the Inn for the late buffet. His party meant that I didn’t help out with
the SAT studying today, but there’s a good chance that I’ll miss all of Aiden’s
next five birthdays; so I wanted to be part of this one.
I got to be part of his birthday dinner
because I helped with serving their gang of diners; but then he only had Ethan
go home with him for a sleepover to wrap up his special day. My work wasn’t even close to that much fun;
and that includes not being able to have a sleepover with Michael thanks to the
need to study and work on the family business.
Aiden’s birthday buffet was part of the reason for why we didn’t get
home until closer to eleven than ten.
Michael and I still needed to get our homework done; so he came home
with me; we did that while in a time phase; and then he went home while I came
up to bed and really got to work. More
time phasing was involved for that; so I’ve had another one of those
triple-shift sorts of days – and really need to crash now.
I may only have time for a nap now, but
will manage to stay fired up over the next couple of days as we wind down the
month with a lot of Halloween fun. That’s
something I can write about with the next two or three reports, though, and I
really do want to crash and nap now; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
