Little Ben is going to grow out of his crib today... Can you imagine that? I hardly can... I still remember his birth so well... Maybe that's because of the sheer amount of events happening at the same day, but I doubt it. Mariska and Lemon must feel this even worse than I do, being the parents and all. I already fear the day the little birds will fly the nest.
From today on, Mariska will be home alone during the day... but I doubt she'll have trouble filling her days. She's really bent on her gardening now... and she would love to try her hand at elixirs before she ages into an elder. Aside from that, she really would love to practice her painting and sculpting again... because, as she reminded me only this morning, it's not that long before my final birthday. The final pieces of my little gallery will be made soon.
With Benjamin now too big for the crib, his parents will be moving upstairs as well. I've already prepared the first bedroom for them, so at least they'll have the privacy they should have as the only real couple in the house.
Ben, of course, will be moving into the empty bunk in the hallway upstairs, with the rest of us. Like his brother before him, becoming a child also gives him a steel bladder. No one who lives in this house still needs toilets. It gives us all that much more time to do more important things. Like party!
The ballroom definitely serves its goal today. I'll be more than happy once we're able to move the large parties to another lot. It leaves so much of a mess... and even with two maids, they don't seem able to contain the rubbish.
Lemon finally finished his athletics skill, something he's been working towards for several days. I think he wants to prevent the ageing process from making him all baggy and stuff. I don't know whether it's pride or a fear of losing Mariska.
At least everyone's picking up things much faster now, thanks to the skill gain drinks I mix up every morning. It's great to get my mixology up... and it helps the rest of the household reach their own skilling goals quicker as well.
Orange gathered his courage... and asked Lucky to the prom. Of course, she agreed to go... and so he took things just a step further. We now officially have two couples in the house. I think it's really cute, the way these two act around each other.
I guess the next room will be one for them, though I'm pretty sure Mariska prefers them to stick to bunk beds. *grins* For a Hopeless Romantic, she doesn't like the young ones to get too comfy. But the kids need privacy just as well.
(Strangely enough, there's still regularly two maids working at the same time. Both of them get paid too... At this party, there were two females: one redhead, one blond. The redhead was paid and left about two hours before the blond one. So far, they've never finished at the same time.)
