Pepper-Mint Party
I realized after the boys party that we had reached the point where it seemed like every week was another birthday. Mint's childhood was spent with him constantly wanting to paint. He said he wanted to paint like his Uncle Dill and I so we encouraged him. I managed to finish the last challenge associated with becoming a Master Painter. Dad says that's good with my elder birthday coming up.
In fact, my birthday falls on the same day as Mint's so we'll be having a double party. I almost feel bad for Mint. I don't think he'll have a party where only he gets to blow out candles until he's a young adult. With four more days until our birthday, I finished up the last step to achieving my lifetime wish. I reached level 10 of the logic bracket with the help of a little book.
Coriander seems to have settled into his teen years well. He's not staying out after curfew, he does his homework and he helps out when he can in the house. That doesn't mean he doesn't have fun though. While waiting on Mike to finish his ice sculpture, he grabbed the goggles off the table and took a small adventure.
Of course, Cori also spends a large amount of time in front of his inventing table too. Some of his experiments don't work quite as they thought he would. I told him that he might want to think about cutting his hair but he told me that his haircut is the one of choice for Sunset Valley inventors. He saw a picture of a Man with the same haircut on Valley Inventing Weekly.
Not everything in the house has been easy. Right before the birthday party, Mike's girlfriend Bella Bachelor passed away. He poured himself into his sculpting saying that he was determined to make Coriander's museum piece perfect. I think Cori went along with it just to make Mike happy.
The dawn of our birthdays came quickly after that. I enjoyed the set up we did last time so we decided to try that again. I called a few girls over that I had met in the park to see if they would take a liking to Coriander. And of course, some of my old friends were there. I took a page from Dad's book and lit up my candles first.
Then while everyone was distracted Mint slid over to his cake.
And then all my beauty was gone and the birthday magic played tricks with my hair again. You remember that paparazzi I was going to use to scare my grandchild. Well that's her over my shoulder in the pink headband. She married my distant cousin Damion Bunch, Mortimer's son. They have a daughter named Betty.
As I cut my cake, Mint aged up into a fine young man. He seemed to enjoy Leann Carlisle blowing that horn into his ear. I may need to take him over to the hospital to check his hearing.
Everyone was getting settled in with their piece of cake when the air got cold. One of my best friends Garth Novak started to shine and float. I had felt this before. I watched as Grim crashed our party to take away my friend. Then as if he had somewhere else to be, he just disappeared.
Leighton Sekemeto seemed to think despite having just had plasma juice that it would be a good idea to have some plasma fruit, too. I think seeing Grim and knowing that his generation is mostly gone has kept him on his toes.
As the party was winding down, I noticed a young lady I had never met before. So I introduced myself and asked if she minded answering some questions. Apparently this interesting redhead is the long lost daughter of Jared and Narcissa Vatos. She's the half sister of my dear friend Mara Ursine. Her mother and father had both died early on her life but it didn't show in how she had aged up. Later, my wife had a word or two with me about the questioning. I'm just trying to help Coriander find some nice new friends. That's all.
Now it's time for my museum pieces to be finished and of course, I now need two new best friends. Right after Grim came for Garth, he went to visit my boss Sandi French, too.
Ricanote: Fashion shows at the bottom of the boys new wardrobes. I just want to show a quick pic of Sage's paper reading spot. This poor old guy works 3 days a week. He basically tends his garden, reads the paper, cooks something for everyone to eat besides cake and then plays video games. Feeling bad for him I made him a cute little spot out front.
Ok here is the boys outfits. I finally gave in to Pepper's pink enjoyment. Fixed his hair too.
