Ethan and Ehlana:
The rain ended early this morning, so while the ground was wet; Tai Chi by the river was an option – and was by the river because we exercised with the Carringtons in their back yard! That made for a fun start to our day; Naomi’s parents fed us a hot breakfast; and then it was time for chores at our respective homes. Mom and Dad put us to work right away after getting home; we did most of the dirtiest work first; mowed the lawn after it dried up enough for that; and then we wrapped up the work at one-thirty. We had a late lunch; met up with our best friends after that meal and the clean-up; and spent the rest of the afternoon biking and playing with our friends. That was fun, and now we’re transitioning from the play time to packing for another sleepover – this one at Aiden’s house.
That news will need to wait for our next update, but we can write about our most-recent sleepover. Aiden was just ahead of us getting to Naomi’s house yesterday afternoon, so when we got there; we jumped right into some music play time. We haven’t mentioned Naomi’s newest musical interest in our journals yet, but she is learning to play trumpet with a borrowed trumpet – Tim’s; and she wants to be ready for taking instrumental music in Grade Seven. She would really love to join the school band right away too; so she’s serious about learning a lot by September. She played for us a bit while having that music fun; I took a turn too; and will take up the trumpet for high school too because that’s what Naomi wants; and I’m okay with doing that for her! ;^)
For the record, Ehlana does not want to play trumpet – she’ll probably go with learning the flute and piccolo while Aiden might end up with percussion unless too many of our classmates want to do that too. Yes, he is already a talented drummer and has that advantage, but could learn to play anything; and that isn’t necessarily-true for some of our friends.
Moving along, we didn’t have a lot of time to play before helping Naomi’s Dad with making dinner; her Mom took a break and came home for that meal before heading back to the salon until close; and we took care of the clean-up. We probably should have run over and done that work at the Carrington’s too, since we owe Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne for taking Eli last night so that we didn’t have Eli and Zack with us, but we didn’t do that; and enjoyed our quieter evening that included some video gaming with Naomi’s Dad; a movie and co-ed cuddle time that we started after Liz got home for the night; and lots of chat time. The co-ed sofa sleepovers were a highlight of the day for us too – though we are wondering how much longer we’ll get away with them before parental intervention coincides with officially crossing over to the next emotional and physical levels. We’re apparently not there yet, and don’t want that to suddenly change tonight; so let’s not risk jinxing ourselves and wrap this up.
We will need to offer the rest of the news for today with the next update, but can report that our sleepover will include some babysitting at Aiden’s house while some parents go out for dinner at the Inn and some fun with their friends at the pub. The number of kids we’ll be taking care of is still being worked out, but probably won’t be more than six – including Hailey and Leah. Leah will be the only additional sleepover guest for the Drapers; so another co-ed sofa sleepover will be an option. It is nearly time for us to get going again, so that’s all for now; and we’ll be back again in the digital world sometime tomorrow night.
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!
