Happy Mother’s Day!
Mom, Grandma, and most of the mothers in town had get out of work free cards; though Miranda and some of the other working Moms weren’t able to do that. Our day started out with Tai Chi by the river; the full country breakfast and Mother’s Day gifts; and then Dad and I juggled all of the work that needed to be finished before going to church. Dad, Grandpa, Aunt Leanne, and Uncle Adam put on the barbeque lunch at our house, and then we split the afternoon between a short canoe ride and a couple of hours playing at the park. There was time for a break and to get ready for the late buffet at the Inn, and that was definitely the highlight of the day for all of us – especially since we had lots of friends there too.
Since I’m playing catch-up on my journal, I should recap the top news since my last entry. Mom and Dad had their first baseball practice of the season on Wednesday, and Rowen and I took care of Ethan and Ehlana while they were busy with that. Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne were on the team again, along with Nick and Aunt Deborah. Mr. Seager is playing again this year, and though Naomi had grandparent help while her parents were busy tonight; Rowen and I might be taking care of her at practices sometimes too.
The main news from the ranks of the Grade Six students at school this week was Nora’s twelfth birthday on Thursday – mostly because it was the first girl-boy party for our class. Rowen and I got her a little gift – like we do for all of our classmates – but we were also very happy to not be invited to the party. From the stories we heard on Friday, we were even happier that we weren’t there to witness the craziness.
We had a dinner and a movie night on Friday, and Rowen stayed for a sleepover. Grandma and Grandpa didn’t get home until late, so we didn’t see them until Saturday morning. They stopped by for a short visit, but then went to do some running around while Mom, Dad, and I were busy with the yard and house work. We had them over for lunch – along with Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne – and then I went home with them to help out around their house for most of the afternoon. While we were doing that, Dad was busy working to get ready for his week in the city, and he only took a break from that while we had dinner before hiding in the office again. Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Adam, and Aunt Leanne were all at our house again for the evening, and Grandpa did most of their winter getaway storytelling.
Ethan and Ehlana had a later than usual bedtime because of that last night; and they went to bed a bit later than usual tonight because Mom wanted to do a lesson with all three of us after getting home from the Inn. Dad finished up his work while we did that, and we don’t need to even think about what he and Mom have been doing since tucking the twins in for the night. I’ve been working on my computer since coming up to my room. The email check took a while, since I had updates from all of my regular family sources to read and replies to write. All of the email included Mother’s Day updates, and while I probably wasn’t the only one not thinking about it much; Violet, Dawn, and most of my cousins are getting fired up about coming home to visit in les than two weeks for the Memorial Day weekend.
Those reminders had me spending a bit of time on our future project after finishing the email and entertainment checks. Ethan, Ehlana, and I have a few things to wrap up with that before we’ll be ready for what Mom, Dad, Uncle Adam, and Aunt Leanne will be doing while everyone is home. Thanks to that, a bit of family business work, some language study, and this journal entry, and I’ve managed to work until after one o’clock again – make that nearly one-thirty! It’s definitely past-time to call it a night, so...
...live from Witch Falls; this is Cassie Proctor, signing off!