Happy 32nd Birthday, Uncle Nick!
Ethan:
It’s been a sacrifice, but we skipped the
after-school lab and archives play time to help out with kid control while the
parents were either working or helping out with the birthday dinner work. We played at the park; biked; and went for a
swim before that dinner party at the Ayres’ home and back yard; Naomi and her
family were there for her side of Uncle Nick’s family; and Aiden came too – as Ehlana’s
date so that he wouldn’t be left out and they could both help us with the
younger cousins and kids. It was a
full-time job keeping the kids under control during dinner – especially with
Zack and Eli doing their very best to impress the other kids in all of the
wrong ways while the adults had fun roasting the birthday guest-of-honor.
The party rolled on after dinner, but only
for an hour and a half or so because it’s a school and work night. Uncle Nick is getting a kid-free night as one
of his gifts, but we didn’t get Leah or Sebastian here with us; and we don’t
need to write anything about the rest of that story. Ehlana and I came home with Mom and Dad; we
took Silkie for a walk while seeing Ehlana’s ‘date’ – and Naomi – home from the
party; and then wrapped up the walk the long way around the river back to our
house. Mom did a Magi lesson with us
while Dad did his homework; we did a bit of studying; and now we’re ready to
get some sleep because this last day of September has been busy and tiring.
That’s all I have for now; so I’ll move on
and get started on that nap.
Ethan – out!
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Ehlana:
Ethan included that news about my date with
Aiden, but he didn’t tease us about that; and Naomi only teased me a little bit
because Aiden and I got razzed and teased a bit too-much by Zack, Eli, and one
or three of our favorite aunts. Hailey
was also there for the dinner party so that Leah had her best friend with her;
so that really was about making sure that Aiden wasn’t left out of the
fun. As for the party news, the girls in
the kid group have a different perspective on Zack and Eli’s food fun; and that
control Ethan mentioned was more like barely-controlled chaos. I am not going to rant about that, but at
some point in time; Zack is going to have to stop acting like that; since he’s
taking his act too far.
Other than the junior prankster annoyances,
we’ve had an awesome day and wrap-up to September, but while we were happy to
join in on the birthday celebration; the kids were more-interested in talking
about the fall festival and Halloween – two topics that will be at the top of
the gossip list at school by tomorrow.
That will be part of the fun we’ll get to have through October; so we’re
really looking forward to everything we’ll be doing over the next four and a
half weeks.
We also need to rest when we can; so I’m
going to wrap this up and get some sleep too.
This is Ehlana Proctor; coming to you live
from what is now my past!
