The Pendleton Legacy (graveyard)

[Wench]

Pretty in Pinkl

The nursery was adorable. A little too pink for my personal tastes but perfect for our little Sarah.




I wonder how Matty knew it would be a girl? Did he just take a lucky guess? At least he's stopped feeding me all those sickening watermelon smoothies. It might be "good for the baby" but it certainly wasn't good for the mummy! I don't think I'll be able to look at another watermelon ever again.
He said he was going to bring me a nice cup of hot chocolate to drink in bed as a treat to help me relax. The new bed is rather comfortable though and I can't imagine why it is taking him so long. I'll just close my eyes for a little to rest them.




I fell asleep. When I awoke the next morning he was still pottering about in the lounge. Apparently he'd been inspired and started work on a painting for Sarah's room.




Speaking of Sarah, she is just so cute! I know I'm her mother and really I'm supposed to think that, but she rarely cries and always seems so happy. Matty had bought a lovely (pink again) baby swing that plays soothing music and everything. She loves it!



I love playing with her as she sits in her swing. Its right next to my writing desk so I can keep an eye on her. I wonder how I look to her? I must look all smiley and reassuring. Its important for babies to feel safe.



Not all of Matty's decorating was helpful, but I'm trying to support his wonderful surprise. The treehouse he built in the yard really won't be suitable for Sarah until she is much older, but he was so proud of it. To distract him from the obvious mistake, I found us another use for it. Matty just found splinters.




He's painted a portrait of me for our bedroom wall. It felt a little odd to me, but Matty said that if we were going to keep this home in our family for generations then there should be some sort of record of all the people that have lived here. It actually sounded like a good idea. From Matty. Yeah, I was surprised too!



The months flew by. I haven't managed many new books this year but No Coffee For Toddlers! and The Art of Using Rattles As Caltrops had a moderate success. Matty decided to celebrate Sarah's new potty skills with a pink musical box.



Sarah really doesn't seem that interested in it to be honest. I guess it doesn't appeal as much to the tiny tot. But Matty loves it. I do wonder at times if he is really buying these things for our daughter or for himself!



Now that Sarah has started talking, we are learning a little more about her personality. Matty asked what she wanted to be when she grows up. Apparently, she wants to be a panda. Matty got all excited and encouraging and bought her a panda outfit to wear. I haven't had the heart yet to remind him that children can't grow into pandas. He seems to have forgotten!



I'm sorry its taken so long to update! I will not be abandoning this story, but real life is slowing me down a little. My wedding looms ever closer (September) and despite keeping it a tiny backyard affair with only 20 guests for health reasons its still gaining a life of its own!

[xFezIsAFreakx]

I've missed this legacy so much! Great update. Yey for your wedding, that must be so exciting!

[Vanillin]

This might just become my new favourite legacy. I love your writing! 

[Wench]

Its been a while, I know. I haven't abandoned the Pendletons, I am determined to get to the end of this legacy. Sadly, because of my health issues I had to postpone playing The Sims for several months while I recovered from the extra stress of getting married. It was totally worth it, but I missed you all

[Wench]

Panda Tales

I feel like I have scarcely had a day to rest and breathe in months!  we are both spending as much time as we can with little Sarah and fitting as much work in where we can. I'm thankful that with Matty's painting and my writing, neither of us have set work hours and can happily adjust our time as needed as we learn how to be parents.


Apparently, just by being as happy as you can be, wonderful things happen and life improves.  I just can't explain it but there I was dreaming of lovely bubbly chocolate bars and the need to find a better way to get into town to buy them with the little madam in tow and suddenly the next morning this was parked outside our home:


I call it the bubbly bus. Its really lovely to drive. It doesn't seem to matter what the problem is, after a short ride in the bubbly bus everything seems perfect. Its also fantastic for settling down Sarah when she's having a tantrum.
Speaking of Sarah, she is developing into the most wonderful little panda that you could ever hope to meet. Admittedly, I'm counting on the fact that you probably haven't met many.


Time certainly does rush past when you are this busy though. Before we knew it, we were baking birthday cakes and choosing schools. Matty actually remembered the flammable birthday extravaganza that upset me so much before and wisely held our little panda out of harms way, just in case.


Apparently strawberry cream filling is the spawn of the devil. I know, it made no sense to me either. Sarah even likes strawberries, but from the look on her face when we cut the cake, you'd think we'd filled it with sprouts!


Matty treated our little lady to a whole new wardrobe of clothes ready for when school starts. She looks so grown up already. Thankfully she has now decided to be a singer rather than a panda. I was starting to worry about the bullying that might have occurred if Matty had let her attend school in the panda suit, but it appears to have been unnecessary.


With our lives so hectic and busy, I'd barely had time to pay much attention to myself, so it was rather a shock when I realised that I wasn't just getting tired, worn down and putting on weight. It wasn't long before our happy little home became blessed by yet another new addition. Hayley Pendleton.

[Kaye]

Its been a while, I know. I haven't abandoned the Pendletons, I am determined to get to the end of this legacy. Sadly, because of my health issues I had to postpone playing The Sims for several months while I recovered from the extra stress of getting married. It was totally worth it, but I missed you all

Glad you're back and feeling okay!

[Wench]

It is with much regret that I will have to abandon this Legacy.  A problem with my computer lost my save files and the backups I had been keeping on a memory stick have managed to become corrupted. I do still have a copy of the family from just before the children were born but after much soul-searching I have decided to instead begin anew as there have been many new expansions since I began this legacy.

Thank you for the lovely comments.

Please would one of our wonderful but busy moderators move this thread on to the graveyard?

[Schipperke]

It is with much regret that I will have to abandon this Legacy.  A problem with my computer lost my save files and the backups I had been keeping on a memory stick have managed to become corrupted. I do still have a copy of the family from just before the children were born but after much soul-searching I have decided to instead begin anew as there have been many new expansions since I began this legacy.

Thank you for the lovely comments.

Please would one of our wonderful but busy moderators move this thread on to the graveyard?

Sorry to hear about your computer problems, Wench.  I know how frustrating that can be.  I'll move this to the graveyard as you requested.  Better luck with your next attempt!