Ehlana, Ethan, Naomi, and Aiden:
With the stage debut for Naomi and the Phantoms less than a day away; you can understand why music has been our life since our last update, but we’ve had other kinds of fun too; and our priorities aren’t really a top news topic around town.
The weather is, and while we all enjoyed the hotter weather yesterday; the drop into the mid-forties overnight and then through today was a bit of a shock; and we’ll go slightly-below freezing tonight. That really does feel strange to go from having a barbeque dinner yesterday to cranking the heat in the house within hours, but we’ll leave that for others to write about and focus on our own adventures.
Last night, that was the barbeque dinner that we followed up with a music practice while our parents helped out with our costumes. Our fathers were in charge of that because they worked out a way for us to put a drum set, keyboard, and a small sound system on wheels for the parade. We tested everything out; made a few adjustments because we’ll be walking while playing our instruments; and now our costumes are ready to go – though we won’t need the mobility tomorrow night. Naomi’s and Aiden’s parents went home early; Mom did a Magi lesson with us; and then it was time for co-ed cuddling and a Halloween movie in the lounge. That was a fun end to our day; we stayed in couples for the sofa sleepover; and that’s it for the rest of the news from yesterday.
Tai Chi was indoors this morning due to a bit of rain; and that made the cold feel worse – or would have if we’d gone out in it. Having a home school day on Friday is always great, but Zack and Eli were in top form; and even Mom had a tough time keeping them interested in their online lessons and assignments today. Sure, we’re all fired up about the Haunted Halloween Walk tomorrow night, but Zack and Eli are especially-focused on scaring everyone around them; and make it their mission to do that whenever they can. That is more-annoying for the girls in their lives; so two of us were fed up with them long before they headed home for the night with the parents that lost the contest for where their sleepover is being held tonight.
While we didn’t have fun with their attempts to entertain themselves today, we still got our own online lessons and assignments finished early; so we had a music practice after that; did a fairly-short bike ride at the park; and then kept the rest of the afternoon entertainment indoors. Younger cousin kid control was part of that fun; video gaming in the lounge was part of that for the boys; and then we moved on to our family-and-friends dinner and Halloween fun night. The food was holiday themed; we had pumpkin carving after that; and then a Halloween movie in the living room or more video gaming in the lounge. All of our guests except for Naomi and Aiden headed for home after that; Mom and Dad have gone to bed; and we’re watching one more movie in the lounge before getting around to the co-ed sofa sleepover.
We’re talking a lot about our musical debut tomorrow night too, but none of us are really nervous at all, and we are still kids; so we have no doubt that we’ll exceed expectations by quite a bit when not even our friends have really heard us play and sing together as a band. Naomi is more fired-up than the rest of us, but then that’s normal – and one of the reasons we’re Naomi and the Phantoms instead of Ehlana, Ethan, or Aiden and the Phantoms! ;^)
That is pretty much all we have for tonight for our own news. Cassie and Michael have had a good week at school, and might have some Halloween fun with their friends this weekend, but they have a lot of work to do too; and will have study time both days. You’ll have to look elsewhere for anything about the presidential debate from last night; though we’ll offer credit to anyone able to actually watch it at all. Just overhearing some of the low-lights being talked about or on the news today was enough to have us sure that our evening was better-spent with music – and that Zack and Eli aren’t as scary as the top-two contenders for President.
It’s too-bad that we didn’t think about getting Zack and Eli to dress up as Trump and Biden for Halloween before they picked something else! ;^)
That’s enough for tonight. We’ll finish the movie; and then get some sleep so that we’ll be ready for all of the work and fun we have booked for tomorrow. Stay tuned – this is going to be another awesome weekend!
This is Ehlana Proctor and gang; live from the hidden home of the Magi of the Light – and May the Magi Force be with you!
