We rejoin our household to find them now housing the 4 children from their 24 hours of additions and with Vendara due to deliver in a few days.Pippin: And the parents are hard at work skill-building with their little ones.
Kacie: Is teef! Mama pokey teef!
Vendara: Yes, sweetie, mommy's teeth are very pokey.
Janae: Pay game! Moob moob moob!!
Aravin Huh? Wha? Oh, yes. Good girl. Zzzzzzzzz
Pippin: They don't put in quite the same amount of effort, perhaps.
And meantime, outside...
Nathaniel: Checkmate.
Lily: My queen can still be protected, so this is just check.
Nathaniel: No, I meant that as in it's check, but you are my soul mate.
Lily: You are such a smooth talker! And a child.
Nathaniel: Yes, but I'm certain I'll outgrow that.
Pippin: He's so much smoother than his father!
Kacie: Naenae need go nie nie!
Janae: No want! Want stay (yawn) wake!
Kacie: Zzzzzzz
Janae: Kessy? Kessy you be seep?
Kacie: ZZzzzzzz
Janae: ...K. I go seep too.
Kacie: (ornery smile)
The "twins," as Pippin's taken to thinking of Kae and Nae, are rather adorably inseparable throughout their toddlerhood.
Janae: Am eat fuit sabby!!
Kacie: No, Naenae, is cawwed foop sadad.
Janae: Dat what I say!
Kacie: Look! I hode sadad wit one han...oops!
Vendara: (sigh) I'll just get the mop now.
Vendara is, indeed, rather amazing at taking care of her little family. In fact, as Aravin traveled to the Magic Realm to get moving with his next aspiration, Vendara brought the kids along to keep skilling.
Vendara: Alright, Raldo, the girls are settled in with their tablets, so let's teach you to talk.
Gerald/Raldo: Badibuboo
Vendara: Excellent start!
Magic People: When did they set up a day care here?
Voices:
Aravin: Ok, I'll ask. The voices want to know if you'll teach me a potion recipe.
L Faba: That depends. Do you think I'm pretty?
Voices:
Aravin: I mean, I'll try that. So, the voices said you look Faba-lous.
L Faba: Ooooo, that's smooth! Ok, I'll teach you a potion.
Pippin: Yeah, the voices and his ghost son are both far smoother than Aravin has ever been, yet somehow, he managed to convince Vendara to marry him.
Pippin: Awwww, she's so great!
Vendara: You are not wrong.
And so, to speed Aravin along towards his next aspiration, we spend more of the magic trash can money to buy a cauldron.
Aravin: Umm, is this supposed to be on fire? I mean, this doesn't seem safe.
And of course your wonderfully logical Watcher put it on the back porch by the toddler beds.Pippin: How could that possibly go wrong?
And in an effort to help Aravin be more consistently helpful to the dynasty...
Vendara plants apple trees.Vendara: Once he has an endless supply of potions of plentiful needs, he and our teen and young adult kids will never need to waste time sleeping or eating.
Pippin: That seems efficient...and possibly cruel. But when she's not cruelly plotting to ban sleep in her household...
Pippin: she's busy being a wondrously attentive parent.
Vendara: Excellent job washing those dishes, Nathaniel!
Pippin: I assume you're working on that super parent aspiration?
Vendara: No, I'm just a super parent. Since Aravin's doing a spellcaster aspiration, I figured I should do a vampire one.
Pippin: Oh, that makes sense. But someone else also needs to work on an aspiration.
Nathaniel: Woot! Building up my muscles to impress my future wife, Lily!
Other Child: Oh, so we're not here to vandalize the park?
Nathaniel: Well, I mean, since my mom's not here we can probably do that too.
Indeed, Vendara had to stay home because of the sunlight, so it was Aravin on traveling day care duty today.
Nathaniel: Hey dad, can my friend and I go vandalize the park?
Aravin: Ok, but look both ways before crossing the street.
Nathaniel: Umm, don't need to cross the street, but thanks!
Raldo: Adoobudabudabuda!
Aravin: Oh, umm, well, then maybe we just won't tell her?
Raldo: Gerbdunapto!
Aravin: Fine. Sorry, Nathaniel, but your mother would probably not approve of vandalism, so I guess you may not.
Nathaniel: Ok, that's fair.
Pippin: ...you speak baby babble?
Aravin: It's the native language of one of the voices.
And as we return to the house, Vendara has a gentleman caller.
Caleb: You want to leave that loser and come be with me.
Vendara: Huh, mind-control really isn't your strong suit, pal. Thanks for the training, though.
Caleb: Dang it.
Vendara: Though, since you're here, could you clean out the potty chair for me?
Caleb: I...you want me to...I mean...ok.
Vendara: Great! Thanks, Caleb. I'll just potty train Radlo now. Feel free to stick around for a bit.
Kacie: Unta Taweb! Pay dowws wi me!!
Caleb: ...and then there was a mighty earthquake that shook their house violently!
Kacie: Wun!! Wun fo yo wife!
Vendara: And I certainly hope you're going to fix that?
Caleb: yes ma'am. Sorry ma'am.
Vendara: You kids are doing such a great job on your skills and I'm so proud of you!
Pippin: Looks like they'll be ready to age up soon.
Vendara: And even though you'll be getting older, just remember, kids, I love you all just the way you are.
Pippin: Except that we'll probably have to change life states for at least one of you.
Vendara: Love them just the way they are, Pippin.
Pippin: Oh. Sentimental, not practical. My mistake. Sorry.
And as our wonderful mama prepares the cake for the imminent age-ups...
Kacie spends some time binge-skilling.
Kacie: Woot! I luva pay on da wabby tabby!!
Pippin: But soon, the "wabby tabby" had done its job and our first child finished getting toddler skills to level three which led to...
Kacie: Dabby! Da take is on fidre!
Aravin: Only you can save us, Kacie! Use your mighty powers to put out the fire!
Kacie: (blowing and spitting noises)
Caleb: I am
not eating that.
And after going outside since that's the trendy way to age up...
Kacie: Woot! I'm taller! Ok, Nae, time to head to the cake!
Pippin: And indeed, the younger twin tackled the toddler training shortly after big sis and...
Janae: Why am I outside?
Kacie: Woot! Go sis! Still in here cheering you on!!
Pippin: And yet another short while later...
Kacie: Wait, did you just age up inside?
Gerald/Raldo: Yes, but mom brought me to the cake and she is a bit better at things than dad.
Kacie: That's fair.
Aravin: I'd object, but it's true.
Vendara: You're so smooth!
Pippin: No! He's not!
And now that they're child-aged, the kids can do amazing things like...
nap?Kacie: Cut him some slack, narrator. He really had to binge skill to catch up with Nae and I because we're awesome like mom!
Vendara: My sweet girls.
Janae: Yeah, girl power for the win!
But speaking of our gals, something very significant was happening for the eldest female in our home.
Vendara: AAAHHHH!! It's looking like it's about that time.
Pippin: But it looks like we're at our 25 images. Next update, new nooboos!!
