Naomi, Ethan, Ehlana, Aiden, Sophia, and Aaron:
My favorite twins want me to start this update from the end of the last one, but before we go there; I want to let you know that Ethan had another awesome football game tonight; had two touchdowns to help our team to the forty-five to ten win over Brookbridge; and had the bigger impact on that victory through his defensive plays against a really good offense. Aiden and Aaron had a touchdown each, and Will Carter played as well as always at quarterback as they all kept our team undefeated for another week. Ehlana, Sophia, and I had fun with our cheer squad, and while there are lots of weekly jokes about our ability to distract the opposition players; that doesn’t really happen all that often; and didn’t happen at all tonight. We were all glad to have decent weather for game time; and it is always more-fun at home games when we get to share the adventures with more of our families and friends.
That’ll work for the switch to writing about the rest of our Thursday; since Aiden’s parents had lots of family and friends with them for their anniversary dinner party. Aiden couldn’t really help out much with the pre-dinner work, but Hailey supervised and had lots of help from volunteer Moms and Grandmothers – including my future mother-in-law. We did get there in time for dinner; kept all of the younger kids and tweens entertained while Aiden’s parents were roasted by their friends; and then we were in on the clean-up crew while many of the parents went out for an extended walk that eventually had them at the Inn for game night. There was more than enough help for that work, so we made it to the Inn in time for the start of the gaming too, but there weren’t any bonus anniversary gifts for Aiden’s parents – at least for game night championships. Ehlana and Aiden did come in third for the junior title, but his parents didn’t even manage top-ten. They got teased about that related to lack of gaming focus due to interest in their kid-free night, but that was only a bit scary for the kids; since we all know that Aiden’s Dad rarely stays up late when he has to start work so early in the mornings!
Aiden and I were happy to go home with Ethan and Ehlana last night, but we also still had to deal with our homework; so we got to work once there. The homework came first; we did a Magi lesson; and then moved on to some music play time. It was getting pretty late by the time we got around to the co-ed cuddle time in the lounge, so we only watched some music videos while winding down with the teen chat time and computer checks; we stayed up later than we should have ahead of a game day; and then we managed to get a handful of hours of sleep before needing to co-heal ourselves of the rest of the fatigue and then get started on our Friday morning. Tai Chi by the river and breakfast for six was great; and then we had a good day at school with bonus outdoor time thanks to sunny and warm weather with a high that reached the eighties. I didn’t have anything newsworthy happen in my classes and Ehlana is reporting the same; so we don’t need to ask the boys when they don’t even notice half of what goes on at school anyway! Okay, that isn’t actually true – even if it is for most guys, but we don’t need to let facts get in the way of our jokes.
We split up for a while after school, but then we all met up at Aiden’s house with the overnight bags and then we had a Pizzeria pizza dinner that Hailey and Leah joined us for in exchange for handling the clean-up when we needed to get to the school to get ready for the big game.
While I’ve already covered some of the game highlights, the score didn’t entirely reflect the game play. Brookbridge really does have a good team, and they managed both decent offensive gains and defensive play; so the big differences really were Ethan’s defensive wins that included two interceptions and six pass blocks at safety. Our team didn’t do as-well defending the run; and Brookbridge ended up with a slight advantage for run-yards gained. They only managed to push one touchdown across the line, though, and then they had to adapt their game in the second half while trying to catch up to us on the scoreboard. They also used up more of the game clock thanks to all of those running plays; and that ended up being a problem for them too while most of our offense led to the six touchdowns and a field goal in about half the time. Finally, I’ll also mention that our team also had a few three-and-out possessions that Brookbridge deserves credit for; and that will be something for our team to work on for future games against other top teams.
The guys want me to write about our cheer squad, but while we appreciate their adoration; Ehlana, Sophia, and I really don’t need the ego boosts that they like least about our sidelines fun! Maybe we should write about suggestions they’ve had for each of us to wear our uniforms for private co-ed time, but then we haven’t even had many of those opportunities so far over the first month of the school year; and they probably won’t want us to write about those scenes if or when we ever do actually get around to that kind of play time! For the record, we – the girls – do not feel the same way about getting our guys to dress up in their football uniforms and gear; so don’t expect to read any stories about that anytime ever! ;^)
Moving along, after the big win, Will Carter hosted another Pizzeria pizza victory party at his house that we all attended for an hour or so before coming back here to Aiden’s house. His parents were sleeping by then, but Hailey and Leah had a little visit with us before giving up the family room to us for our co-ed sleepover. The older teens stayed and kept the party going for longer at Will’s house, but we’re getting tired; and have the usual cores day ahead of us. It’s time for the fall chores to really get started now; so we’ll be busy all day – whether we’re rested and ready or not.
I’ll opt for ready and predict that we’ll need to do some co-healing for fatigue again in the morning, but we can wrap this up soon too and get started on the nap time. Ethan and Ehlana want a news update before we do that; so let’s get that done and then I’ll get back to the cuddle time with Ethan. In a nutshell, nothing has changed today for the major conflicts in the world; our leaders all appear to be doubling down on their insane policies; and more and more of the rest of the world is working hard toward making deals that replace trade with ‘western’ countries that can no longer be trusted as trade partners. There has been another round of tariffs announced from President Trump that will just fuel the trade and economic war and erode trust in our country even further – though it is possible that all trust has already been lost. I’m going to ignore the divert-the-masses stories of the day, since while Ethan and Ehlana keep up with everything; the rest of us prefer to stay happier and at least pretend that we don’t hear about most of that nonsense too.
I also think that’s enough for today, so that’s it for this report; and we’re out of here and back to the co-ed cuddling fun starting right now.
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
