Ethan, Ehlana, Naomi, and Aiden:
Happy 44th Birthday, Nathan Draper!
We’re getting a bonus co-ed sofa sleepover tonight so that Aiden’s parents get a kid-free night; and that works for all of us – while we also will not need the details for the parental side of the fun. This report is out of order for our adventures today, but while we’re thinking about the top birthday of the day for us; we’ll add that we had a birthday dinner at the Drapers’ home, but his family and friends took care of all of the work; we helped out; and the dinner-party wrapped up early – again for reasons we do not need to mention here or even think about! ;^)
Our day began with a chilly Tai Chi workout by the river and a hot breakfast. The academic adventures seemed quieter today because the Grade Eight class is in Washington this week for that annual trip; and that’s bigger news for Naomi now that she’s just a year away from her turn to visit D.C. with her class. We still had fun at school, and while it has been getting warmer; the low-sixties high doesn’t feel as great as it did a month ago when we know that we’re below-normal for the start of May. There was one bonus outdoor class; and we’re not going to write about the biggest academic news of the day for three of us because it is not fair to make comparisons to one of our favorite-so-far teachers.
Moving along, our day go busy after we were set free from school because our first assignment from Mom was to support Brianna and Faith and their friends at their first ball practice of the season – and yes, we weren’t really even thinking about baseball last night or recently at all while busy with everything else we have on the go. Since that practice started at four, we basically had to go straight to the school ball diamond after dropping our bags off at home and getting those orders from Mom. Aunt Leanne is coaching Brianna’s team; so they’re sure to have a lot of fun this season, and while we had fun watching some of the practice, we also helped out with some of the younger kids – including taking a small gang to the school playground for a while. From baseball, we needed to hurry over to Aiden’s house to help out with that birthday dinner; we met up with Mom and Dad there; and that meal and party was a blast for everyone – even for those of us that helped with the cooking and clean-up!
If that seemed like a lot already, we’re not done yet! Next up was getting overnight bags for Naomi and Aiden; we moved on to check out Cassie and Michael’s house and make some plans for the rest of the week; and then we did the same for Rowen and Tim’s apartment. Their parents were all there when we stopped in; and the clean-up and painting is already happening. Rowen is picking out colors; and doesn’t have a problem with all of the help to get their new, temporary home ready – though they’ll still do some of the set-up to their own liking after they get home in two weeks.
It was ten-thirty by the time we got home, so we haven’t done any extra work tonight or even a Magi lesson. We did take turns grabbing showers or Jacuzzi time; and now we’re winding down fast toward the co-ed sofa sleepover part of our day. We’re going to be just as busy tomorrow with work at the house and apartment and our first ball practices too; so we’re likely going to have late nights every day. We’ll let you know how that goes for us, but that’s all we have for this update and we’re pretty much ready to call it a night; so we will!
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
