Ehlana:
The top news for today is that Brianna is
hosting a girls’ night at her house with cousins and some friends, and while we’re
having a blast; it is also a bit weird to be doing that while the fathers are
in charge and the Moms are away!
I should back up and cover this update from
the end of the last one; so let’s do that.
Pizzeria pizza dinner for five was a great
way to start our night with Dad after he got home from work and brought the
food with him. Naomi and I took care of
the post-dinner clean-up, but with take-out food; that was easy – and just
allowed us to miss out on some of the video gaming in the lounge. The boys had us play some games too, but we
mostly watched them; and then enjoyed the cuddle and movies time after that. Dad got Silkie for a cuddle buddy, but I was
between him and Aiden; so I really cuddled with both of them for the first
movie. Dad went to do some bedtime work
in the office after that first show; and we settled in for the sofa sleepover
or camping in the lounge after that. We
planned on staying awake for that second show; didn’t; and that was the end of
the news for me last night – though Ethan and Naomi had more fun with their
cuddle-all-night, co-ed sleepover adventure.
Naomi and Aiden were with us for Tai Chi
and breakfast; and then they were with their Dads for the rest of the morning –
at home or the bakery – while Ethan and I did our chores with Dad. We had extra work to do because tomorrow is
Super Bowl Sunday; and Dad is hosting a game day party and dinner. The Moms will be home by game time and
dinner, but we’re not doing the party at the Inn this year; in part because
that gives other neighbors and friends the chance to go there instead on a day
when the seating is always sold out. We
got a couple of guest rooms ready in case of the need for kid or parent naps;
cleaned the lounge and re-stocked it both for that party and the guys’ night
that Dad and Ethan are hosting tonight; and we had our work done by
lunchtime. We had an easy-meal; and then
we – the kids – had a group of fathers go with us for a play afternoon that
included biking the trails around town and at the park; playground and park
exploring adventures; a bakery snack break because it was a bit cold for ice
cream; and then it was time to split up and pack bags for our sleepovers – or to
just get ready for them for Ethan and Brianna; since they are the hosts.
I was at Brianna’s house early; helped
Uncle Adam with the dinner work that was actually a ‘real’ meal instead of take-out
pizza or something else that easy; and Brianna took care of entertaining the
other cousins and friends that didn’t just hang out with us in the kitchen
while that work was going on. Some of
the girls might have preferred another pizzeria pizza night, but Uncle Adam had
five other fathers to help him out tonight; and most of the girls loved sharing
some of Brianna’s favorites – including four Olde Bakery dessert options. The fathers did not want to attempt
mini-makeovers, and that would have been too-weird anyway, but they played
games with us; watched movies that Brianna, Faith, and their best friends picked
out; and then Uncle Adam was just left on his own once we – the girls – were sent
to bed for the night. Naomi and I are
together in a room; enjoying some wind-down girl chat and music time; and we’ll
crash and nap once we’re sure that the younger girls are all sleeping too. I don’t expect that to take much longer.
We’ve had an awesome day, and I’m sure that
our Moms have been having fun too; but we haven’t heard from them because I
think that’s part of their weekend away plan – to totally unplug from home and
responsibilities for a couple of days. I’m
good with that plan; and it’ll give us something to do tomorrow night while the
boys watch football. That is all I have
for tonight, though, so I’ll wrap this up; and get back to the bedtime chat and
music fun with Naomi.
This is Ehlana Proctor; live from the
hidden home of the Magi of the Light!
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Ethan:
I wish that we were doing another sleepover
with Naomi and Ehlana instead of still dealing with Zack and Eli as they try to
keep the fun going all night with post-bedtime pranks and jokes, but we’ve
still had a good night; and hanging out with the guys now and then is required
to keep our reputations from being ruined.
We still have a lot of years left of school; so that is
fairly-important. ;^)
Aiden and I loved the video gaming time
with Dad last night – and with Naomi and Ehlana too. The movies and cuddle time were fun; and my
sofa sleepover with Naomi was a highlight of the weekend-so-far. Our chores this morning were necessary; and
only fun because Dad let us play with our Magi talents to help out with getting
everything done. That wasn’t a having
fun while Mom’s away sort of thing, since she lets us do that now and then too,
but we do always have more fun with our work when we can use our special
abilities. The afternoon park play and
biking was especially-fun because we got to do it with our fathers; and then
Aiden and I ended up helping Dad a lot with the work and kid control once our
house was turned into guy central for the night. Dad had a couple of fathers to help out with
dinner and some of the video gaming, but Uncle Adam got more of the support because
those fathers had already spent Friday night with their boys and needed to take
turns with the daughters tonight.
Dad did not try to do anything special for
dinner – though there were finger-food side dishes to go along with the
pizzeria pizza; and Aiden’s father brought favorite desserts with him from the
bakery. Zack and Eli had an audience of
guys; so they were at their best-worst.
There weren’t any food fights, but they instigated eating and drinking
contests; and I’m glad that the girls weren’t around to be totally grossed out. They led the video gaming in the lounge too,
but while they hogged those games for a lot of the night; portable game systems
were in use too; and Dad also did an hour or so of gaming in the living room
with some of the younger boys when they got annoyed over being excluded too
much of the time. Bedtime was ordered at
eleven o’clock, and some of the younger guys are already sleeping, but Zack and
Eli really do want to try and keep the party going from the lounge all night;
so it might be quite a while before Aiden and I get to sleep; since we’re their
favorite prank targets. Sure, that’s
entirely because Dad’s told them to leave the younger, sleeping cousins and
kids alone now, but that won’t necessarily stop them from trying to set up
pranks that will go off in the morning; so Aiden and I are also, in part,
trying to keep that sort of thing from happening.
I’ll let you know how that goes with the
next report, but another sneak attack is on the way; so I’ll wrap this up; and
move on to defending my room from the junior pranksters – again.
May the Magi Force be with you!
