Ethan and Ehlana:
The end to January and start to February might have worked better at Halloween, but while our babysitting adventures were occasionally-scary; we managed to have fun too. Zack, Eli, and some of the other boys led the way for the scary and annoying moments of our night and morning; so Aiden and I were kept busy trying to mitigate their pranks and practical jokes and food games while Ehlana and Naomi took care of the girls that were upset by the boys. Pizzeria pizza and finger food sides led to some of the dinnertime gross-outs. While we could go on about the problems we’ve had with the babysitting, let’s skip the rest of those stories; since there were a lot of good moments too. The kids mostly loved that dinner despite the food games; our evening included music, movies, and video gaming; and the guys stayed up most of the night with the video game challenges while the girls generally got more sleep after the movies. Breakfast was an adventure too, but Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne got to have some parental support; so we – the babysitters – mostly dealt with getting all of the kids ready for the day and then handling the post-breakfast clean-up.
It was going on ten o’clock by the time all of the guest kids were returned to their families and the work at the Carrington’s was done; so we got a late start to our actual chores. That’s why we’ve spent most of the day to now getting that work done at multiple homes and cottages. We have some guests coming to those cottages over the next couple of weeks – especially for the Valentine’s Day weekend; and we didn’t want to leave all of the work for next weekend. All of our chores are done now; and we’re getting cleaned up and ready for the rest of our day. For Ehlana, that means packing for a night with Aiden and his family while I am getting ready to host Naomi and have a quiet evening with Mom and Dad. The rest of our story for today can wait; since we’re going to be having too much fun later and won’t be together to write an update anyway. Don’t take that the wrong way, since there is a very good chance that we’ll all fall asleep early after the total lack of sleep last night, and on that track; we’re also not going to comment on why some of those favorite parents including Mom and Dad were so happy this morning thanks to getting a kid-free night. It is time to wrap this up; so we’re out of here and back to the ‘real’ world fun that we are going to have either here or with the Drapers. We hope that your ‘now’ is really great too!
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
