Christmas Video of the Day!
Ethan:
Aiden and I had a blast playing video games
with Michael and Tim last night; our sleepover was earlier and quieter than it
was for the girls; and then we had a fun start to our day with Tai Chi and
breakfast before we were put to work with some chores; and then we were set
free to play – though in my case; that included having to say goodbye to Aiden –
and Naomi – when they went home after some visiting that included seeing some
of the Johnson clan cousins because they’re here for the Christmas weekend
while this is an ‘away’ Christmas for ‘our’ family. We only had our slightly-larger-than-normal
family home for lunch; and then the girls went shopping for a while and I
stayed at home with Dad and we worked in the office – a chance for him to get
his homework done; and for me to read in my digital archives at full-speed
while May was out of the house.
While we were doing that, the girls set up
a kid-free night for Mom and Dad as part of their shopping adventure – which is
why Ehlana and I are here at Grandma and Grandpa’s house tonight. Cassie is at Michael’s – and helped out at
the Inn during the dinner rush; May is at Rowen’s for the night – and apparently
having a semi-date night there with Cody, Rowen, Tim, Patrick, and Jessica; and
that’s all I’ll include for that news.
At least one of us doesn’t want the details for that date night, Cassie’s
first sleepover in Michael’s room – at least when it comes to doing that with
parents in the house too; or our parents’ kid-free night. I hope they’ll all have fun, but if you want
more than that; Ehlana will have to write about it – or you’ll have to search
elsewhere in the archives.
Note to me – do not cross-reference the
archives so thoroughly that anyone can ever access that sort of information
too-easily! ;^)
Moving along, we’ve been here with Grandma
and Grandpa since before dinner; I’ve loved getting to have them to ourselves
for an evening; and we’ve had fun with the food, stories, and Christmas
entertainment. We’re also in bed
comparatively-early, but we do have a busy day tomorrow with church, the Sunday
buffet, and the teen-led Christmas show; so the extra sleep will be good for
us.
That’s also all I have, and while our
extended Christmas weekend has started out a lot quieter than in years when we
have a house full of relatives and friends; there’s a lot to be said for
enjoying these opportunities too – and fun doesn’t have to be non-stop and
thrilling to be remember-forever great too.
There will be lots of that kind of fun coming up too, though; so I’m
going to get started on that nap so that I’ll be ready for everything.
Ethan – out!
***
Ehlana:
You’re welcome, Mom, Dad, Cassie, and
everyone else!
Naomi and Aiden would’ve agreed to do bonus
sleepovers with us – or we could have done that with Brianna, Zack, and their
Johnson family cousins, but I’m with Ethan; and am glad that we’ve gotten to
have an evening with Grandma and Grandpa instead – especially when they’re
traveling so much this winter.
I also had a lot of fun with the girls’ Christmas movies last night; the chat time
with our favorite teens; and the sleepover with Naomi. The grandparents’ time is my top fun pick for
the day; with the girls’ shopping adventure a close second. Then again, our entire day has been awesome;
and there’s also something to be said for getting to visit the big family fun
the way we did this morning; and then move on and leave all of the crazy
behind. ;^)
Ethan didn’t offer specifics about our
evening here, but we got to have a really nice dinner; Grandpa shared a
half-dozen travel stories with us; and we watched a favorite, really-old
Christmas classic before winding down with bedtime snacks. I’m sure that nearly everyone else is staying
up later than we are tonight, but I’m okay with the early bedtime too – and we’ll
be ready and at full-power for all of the fun tomorrow that will keep us busy
until later tomorrow night by the time we get home from the Christmas show at
the church.
We also only have three more sleeps until
Christmas, so we’ll keep being good; and make sure that we don’t mess up and
end up on Santa’s naughty list!
Gotta go now – I probably have some sugar
plums or something to dream about now while being good and going to sleep.
This is Ehlana Proctor; coming to you live
from what is now my past!
