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!
