Ethan:
I did fall asleep last night while cuddled
with Naomi and watching Halloween shows, but lasted into the fourth show – if only
the first movie; and we did have parental supervision by then because Mom and
Dad were with us most of the time. That
was fun while it lasted – both the being awake and nap time; and then we headed
for our beds after that movie.
It was cold out this morning, but we
dressed warm and went out by the river for Tai Chi anyway. A hot breakfast helped us with warming up
again; we had a good morning at church and Sunday school; and then we had lunch
for four before Ehlana and I met up with Naomi and Aiden again for some biking
and play time at the park while Dad was busy with his weekend homework. The weather was warmer by then, but only into
the mid-fifties; so our outdoor fun didn’t get too extreme; and we were ready
to come home and warm up by four o’clock.
Dinner was at the Inn tonight; we studied in the office after that; and
had a long vid-chat with Cassie, Michael, Rowen, and Tim before Ehlana and I
were sent upstairs to get started on our bedtime baths.
We’ve done that; had our own bedtime chat;
and now I’m ready to crash and nap. It’s
been a good family and friends fun day, so I’m happy and ready to get back to
school in the morning. The Halloween fun
will kick up another notch or three too; so we should be in for a pretty good
week leading up to the Haunted Halloween Walk entertainment we’ll have next
weekend.
Stay tuned; since Ehlana and I are sure
that this is going to be a very exciting Halloween!
Ethan – out!
***
Ehlana:
Ethan’s covered the news of the day pretty
well; so I’ll just add a few extra comments.
We always have fun with Naomi and how she
is around and with Ethan, but our Moms are a lot like their kids; and Liz has
more fun with that than Mom does – especially when she has cuddle-sleeping
pictures to share with her friends and neighbors. Sure, Mom sent those pictures to her last
night, but she’s much-quieter about teasing Ethan; and I expect that Aunt
Leanne will be just like Liz when it comes to Brianna and boys – whenever our
cousin decides that she wants to get involved with boys in even a
cuddle-and-nap sort of way. ;^)
Next up, I loved having the long vid-chat
with Cassie. She had more fun on
Saturday than we did – even with the studying, but I’m a bit young for spa
adventures; so I’m happy with my Jacuzzi – and it doesn’t require a long trip
and lots of money for me to enjoy it! I’m
sure that we’ll have more fun at school this week too – unless Cassie’s
Professors are going to let them do Halloween crafts and have other kinds of
fun instead of their normal work. That’d
be funny, but won’t happen; so the fun level should be higher here.
Finally, we spent time with other friends
at the park this afternoon too, but Ethan and I were able to hang out with
Naomi and Aiden with just the four of us quite a bit too; and I really like
when we can do that without any of the kid-rated drama that goes along with our
larger group of friends. That’s entirely
because I get tired of the ‘normal’ level of conversation and some of the humor
that just doesn’t work for me, and while that’s unfair to our friends; it is
true too. Naomi and Aiden aren’t the
only friends we have with Magi talents, but we’re not supposed to know about
most of the others; and they have to play at being normal kids too. That isn’t as scary as it is with Zack’s
chosen persona, but we still have to act like kids our age; and that’s limited
when we’re seven.
Okay, we’ll have scarier limits – like when
we’re tweens and the boys have to be what passes for ‘normal’ then, but while
that’s Halloween-scary; I don’t want to go there tonight.
It’s time to wrap this up and get some
sleep anyway; so I’ll end it with that scary thought and try not to dream about
that not-so-distant future once I do get to sleep.
This is Ehlana Proctor; coming to you live
from what is now my past!
