Ethan and Ehlana:
Having an awesome day and weekend so far feels a little odd tonight after more family business work related to the war in Ukraine. That is somewhat hypocritical when we know of many equally-awful problems elsewhere in the world happening every day while our own experiences are usually happy and awesome. We won’t go on about this, and point it out because it is how we feel while also understanding that those worldwide problems can’t be fixed by despair and worse – we’ll do that by spreading love, joy, and hope. That effort begins in our personal lives and spreads from there; so we’ll continue to do our very best to always be happy and help to make that happen for everyone around us and beyond! ;^)
We had fun last night, but actually covered the news ahead of time with the last update, so we don’t really need to add much more. Dinner and one of the movies with Mom and Dad was great; they were our audience for the music play time; and we won’t comment on what they opted to do for entertaining themselves for the rest of the night while we moved on to more movies, cuddle time, and the co-ed sofa sleepover. There were two more movies, but none of us lasted through both of them – and yes, I fell asleep before the end of the first one.
Naomi and Ehlana – in that order – had fun with that this morning. That added to the entertainment while we exercised indoors and had a snack breakfast to hold us over until we got to the festival in Maple Valley. It was still cold this morning, but that feels appropriate for a winter festival; so we were okay with that. It has also been sunny; and warmed up into the low-forties this afternoon – though that’s just the start for this next round of warmer weather. Maple Valley’s Winterfest needed this nice weather as they try to recover from the pandemic years and some tough crop years for maple syrup. We were glad to support the festival; and it was great to be able to attend again. There were dozens of games to play; several shows going on at the church, school, and community center; and the breakfast and food booths were amazing too. As always, we picked up cases of maple syrup and other maple treats; and played there until around two o’clock.
We should mention the gang that went to Maple Valley with us – and we had quite a group of cousins and friends. All of our local aunts, uncles, and cousins went on the trip – though Uncle Adam and Uncle Mark took turns so that they could also be in town if needed for medical emergencies. Naomi and Aiden were far from the only friends with us – our cousins each had at least one friend; many of their parents and siblings came too; and it felt a bit like the shopping trips to the city as we drove to Maple Valley as part of a long line of cars, trucks, and minivans. We also met up with other friends and neighbors while at the festival; and it was awesome to see that much support from our town for our Maple Valley neighbors!
Since getting home, we’ve been on our own with Mom and Dad. There were some chores to do after unloading the minivan and truck; we helped out with making dinner; and our evening included the family business work that we already mentioned while Dad had his own work to do. Mom did a Magi lesson with us; and then sent us upstairs for bath or Jacuzzi time at nine o’clock. We got cleaned up first; followed that up with a music practice; and now we’re just winding down toward nap time. That’s pretty much all we have for this report because we really don’t want to get into any of the bad news stories from around the world after such an awesome, happy day – so we won’t do that and go get some sleep soon instead!
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!
