Ethan and Ehlana:
Our Saturday night adventures were definitely more-exciting than the dinner and evening out for the parents – apparently including those parents that had kid-free night; since they didn’t do anything at all without their children around to entertain them! ;^)
We’re still making the transition toward the babysitting stage of our lives, but worked as much as we played last night with just some supervision from the teens in the house. We led the pre and post-dinner work; took care of keeping our younger siblings, cousins, and friends happy and entertained; and wrapping up our night with a co-ed sofa sleepover wasn’t partial payment – we just crashed into nap mode because we were wiped out by the time we got everyone else into their beds or on their way home with parents that weren’t leaving their kids with us for the night.
When it was time to get going again this morning, Tai Chi was skipped because we didn’t have time for that; we jumped right in to either help with cooking a major breakfast or helping to get all of the kids ready for church; and we didn’t stop running until we got to church. Having a nap during Sunday school wasn’t an option, but we were grateful for the quieter moments of love and spiritual renewal.
After church, we went home and eventually had lunch with just Mom and Dad, and since Dad had work to do this afternoon and it wasn’t all that warm out; we decided to go and play at the lab or archives and take our best friends along for a couple of hours. Ehlana’s grinning at me right now because she – and everyone else at the lab – thinks that reading books had nothing to do with why Naomi chose to hang out with me on our own in the archives. Her choice also wasn’t why Aiden picked hanging out in the lab with Ehlana. Yes, there was some cuddle time and a kiss or three to go along with actually doing some archives work, and we’re twelve or going on twelve; so don’t try to make that into anything weird!
We also didn’t spend the entire afternoon at the lab. We came home and had some music fun after a snack break with Mom and Dad; Mom did a group Magi lesson with us; and then we all ended up going out to the late buffet dinner at the Inn with a small gang including Naomi’s and Aiden’s parents, brother, and sister. Our evening has been quiet since getting home again. We did a bit of work around the house; hit the tub or Jacuzzi early – comparatively; and now we’re winding down toward nap time and ready to catch up on the sleep we didn’t get last night. Being tired has everything to do with why we’re not going to offer an installment of our friends-and-family update, but we will continue those stories sometime soon. We don’t want to get into any major pandemic-related commentary either, but can’t help but at least mention the big ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest in Canada this weekend; and wonder just how mad people are getting to join a major protest at the end of January when you really need to be committed to brave the deep cold – and compare that to the lack of similar protests in our own country. Let’s leave that bit of news without offering more, since in the wider world; that isn’t even a big news story – and we aren’t covering anything else either. We really have had enough for today, though; so we’re going to wrap it up and go get some sleep.
Until next time, this little blast from your near or distant past is written for you with love from Ethan and Ehlana Proctor – twin junior Magi Masters of the Light!
