Ethan:
Tai Chi and breakfast for four was followed
by some chores for me while Aiden checked in with his parents at the
bakery. When Mom set me free for the
day, I met up with Aiden again; and we biked, swam, and played for the rest of
the day until Aiden and I needed to be back at my house for dinner and a movie
night. Mom put us to work so that we
could have that meal outdoors; Aiden and I set up the tables; and we had a
fairly-large gang with us by the time Dad and the other grill masters had the
various meat options ready to go and we could sit down to enjoy the barbeque
and sides dinner. Aiden and I were the ‘senior’
kids in the group, so we did our best to keep Zack, Eli, and some of the other
guys from getting too out-of-control with their feeding frenzy; and then we
helped to dunk them in the river to clean up because that was necessary for our
messiest cousins and friends – especially after chocolate ice cream cone
desserts.
There was a visit to the park after that
while the parents cleaned up or took a break and the grandparents supervised
the playground fun; and then we got through our first movie before Cassie,
Michael, Ehlana, and Naomi got home by ten o’clock. Cassie and Michael couldn’t stay because they’re
helping Rebecca at the pizzeria this weekend – and that’s why Cassie came home
again; so we only got to spend a few minutes with her. Naomi’s parents decided to take her – and Eli
– home soon after that too; so the dinner and a movie party wrapped up then too
instead of continuing with a second show.
It was still past-eleven by the time Ehlana and I finished helping Mom
and Dad with the clean-up and we’d had our bedtime chat too after seeing
everyone out. Ehlana and I had a bonus
chat on her bed too, but she has a ballgame in the morning; so we’re not going
to stay up even later – especially when she’s already had a long day and all of
those hours in the car too.
I’ve had a great day; love having my twin
home again; and now I’m ready to crash and nap so that I’ll be ready for a busy
weekend.
Ethan – out!
***
Ehlana:
I’m glad to be home too, Ethan. Naomi and I missed you a lot, and while she
didn’t get to spend much time with you yet because parental rights were
asserted and she had to go home tonight; I’m sure we’ll make extra tie to hang
out together this weekend – and next week too.
Let’s keep my news of the day short, since
I really do need to rest up for that ballgame; and it has been a long day.
Our last morning of Tai Chi with Cassie and
Michael was fun; we had breakfast and took Cassie to school; and then Michael,
Naomi, and I did some chores – including laundry for all of the dirty clothes
that Naomi and I had accumulated this week; and we packed for the trip home. There was some park play time this morning
too; we had a fast food lunch with Cassie and her study group; and then one
last visit to the rec center and pool before we picked up the wedding gifts
order from the jewelry store; stopped for fast food to go; and then picked
Cassie up and headed for home. Cassie
worked on her assignments for a lot of the trip home, but we kept her
entertained too while Michael drove all the way so she could focus on her work;
and we were all glad to be home by ten o’clock.
Having a gang to welcome us home was fun; I
wish that we could have spent more time with Naomi and Aiden; and was only a
bit disappointed that our arrival put an end to the dinner and a movie night
before we could get in on that fun. That
really was for the best when we have a lot going on this weekend – even for
those of us who won’t be partying all night tomorrow to celebrate Doug and
Alicia’s wedding! That is why Cassie and
Michael are helping Rebecca this weekend – because Jen is busy with her brother’s
wedding.
Cassie and Michael will be at the pizzeria
until close tonight, but they will be here for the night; and then likely at
his house tomorrow night; since they’re booked for a family breakfast there on
Sunday. We won’t get to see Cassie very
much, but I have gotten to spend a lot of time with her this week; so I can’t
complain about that. I don’t have
anything else to add for this report, and it didn’t really end up being all
that short anyway; so I’ll wrap it up and get to the sleeping part of my night.
This is Ehlana Proctor; coming to you live
from what is now my past!
