Ethan, Ehlana, Naomi, and Aiden:
Happy 11th Birthday, Aiden!
We’re ending Aiden’s special day the way we started it – with a co-ed sofa sleepover and movie in the lounge. Tai Chi by the river this morning was great; we had Aiden’s Mom and sister with us for Aiden’s birthday breakfast while his Dad was busy at the Inn; and then Aiden only pretended to get a chores-free birthday while helping the rest of us with the work at five yards. That sounds like a lot, but we’re near the end of fall clean-ups; and we actually managed to get done by three-thirty. That gave us time to clean up; have a band warm-up for our show tonight; and then have Aiden’s birthday dinner – again at our house; and with his family and our usual gang of friends.
That needed to be a quick meal because of the Haunted Halloween Walk, but we managed to get through the usual birthday fun including the cake, song, and gifts; and then we all headed for Witch Falls Road. We set up our band gear and did a micro sound check first; had time to check out some of the booths; and then we were the first band on the schedule for our little stage. We were amazing; played all of our Halloween songs plus an encore of our ‘winning’ song from the festival; and then we were free to have fun for the rest of the night after packing up our gear and giving up the stage to the next group. While we won’t get the final numbers until sometime next week; it sounds like our Halloween E.P. sales will be in the hundreds for tonight – thanks to the thousands of visitors in town for the walk; so our next recording sessions might be fully paid for thanks to that little show!
Our turn for going on the walk didn’t happen until a bit after ten, so we made that our last activity for the evening – or nearly-so; since we picked up some Halloween treats on the way home and watched and danced through two of the songs from the band that was on-stage from ten-to-eleven. Since getting home, we had to take care of our band gear; do a bedtime visit with Mom and Dad; and get cleaned up and changed – the last part because we’d stayed in our band ‘costumes’ all evening. Now we’re into the cuddling and movie part of our night; we’ve done all we can to make sure that Aiden has had an awesome day; and judging by the grin that is currently on his face; he’s very happy to be cuddling with Ehlana for another night.
With all of that happy to be so blessed with; that’s really all we have for today. Whatever time of year you’re reading this in the future; we hope that you’re as blessed with at least as much happiness and joy! ;^)
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
