Ethan:
Okay, this has been an awesome, crazy-busy
day!
Tai Chi was the quietest moments; and life
got busier from there – and more exciting.
Mom went with a hot breakfast; our morning at school was all about
getting ready for the concert; and then we had a bonus pizzeria pizza day for
our lunch. Cassie, Michael, and May
helped out with that at the pizzeria; took care of the deliveries to the school
too; and then had lunch with Mom before returning there for the concert. Ehlana and I had fun with that show, but we
only had the one song with our class; and didn’t try to do anything extra. Jessica and Patrick have taken over from
Cassie and Michael now as the two best-loved musical talents, and in addition
to sharing the spotlight for the best duet of the afternoon; they also help out
with the music for all of the classes and some of the other acts.
The pageant ran a bit long this year, but
the snack and social time after that wasn’t rushed; so we were a bit late
getting home and started on the rest of our play plans with Cassie, Michael,
and May. We stayed indoors; had fun with
a Christmas craft that some of our cousins came over to do while Mom and Aunt
Leanne did some baking and pre-cooking for the holidays; and then we ended up
having dinner together too before moving on to the Inn for the Christmas party
version of game night – the last we’ll have until the New Year. We had a lot of fun with that too; Mom and
Miranda won the senior team title – as usual; and Cassie and May were the
runner-up team – though Cassie may have helped to make sure that would be the
case so that Miranda wouldn’t be disappointed.
Mom only had five of us when we came home
tonight; some of us hit the tubs or Jacuzzis; and I’ve been doing some light
archives reading and listening to Christmas music while the girls were taking
turns in the Jacuzzis and Michael took care of some work on his computer. Tomorrow is going to be a play and party day
at school, so I don’t really need to get fully-recharged to be ready for that,
but the holiday fun is going to continue; we’ll have at least a bit of a family
and friends dinner and movies night; and we’ll also have incoming weekend
guests. Dad, Grandma, and Grandpa will
all get home tomorrow too along with those weekend guests; so it is definitely
going to get much busier around here for the next few days!
I’m going to do a bit more reading before
heading off to sleep; so I’ll leave the music pick and any added news to Ehlana
and move on – or back – to my digital play time.
Ethan – out!
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Ehlana:
Naomi and I came in fourth for the junior
team game night competition; which is pretty good on one of the busiest nights
at the Inn for the gaming. Olde Bakery
Christmas treats have everything to do with the big turnout; which was why the
games took a bit longer than usual too.
I was first for Jacuzzi time tonight; May is in the tub now; and I’m
doing some lab report reading while waiting for the bedtime girl chat with
Cassie and May – and possibly Mom too.
If we have time to do that at all this weekend; it’ll be with larger
groups of girls; so I’ll stay awake for that last bit of quiet fun.
There isn’t really much to add for the rest
of our day. The play and work this
morning was fun because we did all of that with our friends and classmates; the
Christmas concert was entertaining and sometimes funny – whether intentional or
not; and the after-school crafts were special because Brianna and Faith in
particular are always fun to play with when they’re as fired up as they were
today.
That just leaves my Christmas music pick,
and since Christmas gift wishes were part of our kid-chat this afternoon; I’ll
go with an older favorite – though I’ll also report that none of the items on
the list for this song were on Aunt Leanne’s list today! ;^)
This is Ehlana Proctor; coming to you live
from what is now my past!
