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So, apparently, Amelia is just dying to get herself a pet. And since she rolled up the want for a puppy specifically along with the puppy/kitten one I guess that means a puppy it is! Which I think is the better choice because I'm not sure if I could handle another cat like Piggy right now.



So they adopt this adorable little puppy and name him Bandit! As you can see, I am keeping with the alphabet naming scheme for pets too.



AWW SO CUTE EXCUSE ME A MOMENT WHILE I SQUEE UNCONTROLLABLY!!!



Adam likes to randomly invite himself over to the house whenever he so chooses. Often, a random person wandering around like they live there can be an annoyance. But at least he helps take care of the children while he's there. So I can't hate him entirely.



Okay... maybe he's not quite so helpful. Because as soon as Bradley needs his diaper changed, he's all "OMG WHAT IS THIS STRANGE CREATURE WAILING IN MY ARMS AND WHAT DO I DO WITH IT?!?"



Adam: "SERIOUSLY, SOMEONE GET THIS STANK-ASS CHILD AWAY FROM ME!"



Back at the store, Amelia convinced Alessa to tag along with her in hopes that it would give her some much needed relief. However, Alessa fails at the cash register just as much as she does.



Townie: "BITCH, I AM WAITING! WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?!?"
Alessa: "Really, ma'am, I'm going as fast as I can, I promise! This is my first day on the job!"



Umm, Amelia, you might want to watch out. There's a very ravenous looking vampire standing directly behind you.
Amelia: "Yeah right, you really think I'm going to believe that one?"



OH GOD, ALESSA, YOU BETTER NOT SCREW THIS ONE UP OR VAMPIRA HERE WILL PROBABLY SUCK YOU DRY!



Anyway, since the only apparent source of entertainment in that place is cash register incompetency, let's head back home. Here, we find that little Bradley has become a toddler with actual distinguishable features and, guess what, they're adorable!



Mother/son bonding. Do I use the word adorable too much? I know I do. But I don't care because this is ADORABLE.



Aww, I think Bandit would prefer a delicious human breakfast instead of his usual doggy breakfast.



Amelia, girl, the children do not need to be seeing any of that. Put those things away now!



Alright, seriously, this is going too far. Poor Beckett is going to be scarred for life. I shudder to imagine how he might turn out.



All this anger and confusion conveniently gathered in one place? You know what that means... birthday time!



First up is Ben, looking overjoyed to become a slightly less dependent version of himself!



It doesn't take long for him to make BFFs with Bandit. I hope he has as much luck with actual human friends too.



And here is Beckett who we all know is that word that I've overused far too much already.



He, um... really enjoys taking showers? I guess that's good.



Ben: "Video games."
Beckett: "Elephant."



Ben: "Bird."
Beckett: "Elephant."
Yeah, I'm not even going to pretend to understand this conversation.



Over at Amelia's Toybox...
Amelia: "Oh, come on, brother, just buy this one more thing! It'll make me look really good in front of all these people!"
Ambrose: "DAMN IT, SIS, YOU ARE BLEEDING ME DRY BY FORCING ME TO BUY ALL THESE TOYS FOR MY NON-EXISTENT CHILDREN!!!"



Ambrose: "Oh, it's you... of course it's you. Ring me up. Bitch."



August: "OH SHIT THAT GIRL IS TOTALLY BUSTED!"
Honey... you're supposed to be representing the business right now. I don't think you should be openly gagging at your customers' appearances.



Townie: *sigh* "I'll never get home in time for True Blood now."
Ambrose: "That's right, asshole, I'm back. And I'm going to totally pwn you this time, just you wait and see."



Adrian: "WHAT?!? IT'S CLOSING TIME?!? NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" D:



Beckett is very supportive of his brother's piano-playing. I'm not sure how long this camaraderie will last so let's enjoy it while it does.



August: "FETCH, DAMN IT!"



August: "Haha, just kidding! You totally fell for that didn't you, you stupid mutt?"



Stray Dog: "Am I going to have to cut a bitch?"



Oh, hey, look, Bradley's a child already! That seemed to happen really fast, didn't it?



Amelia: "DAMN IT, HOW DARE HE GROW UP WHEN I'M NOT HERE TO SEE IT! EVERYONE KNOWS THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION OF IMPORTANT EVENTS LIKE THIS!"



I... am not even going to comment on this. *shudder*



The birthday bonanza continues with Bandit too! Nice ears he's got on him there.



GIRL, SERIOUSLY, THIS SHIT NEEDS TO STOP RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE WORLD BESIDES YOU AND THEY DON'T ALL WANT TO SEE THAT! Also, haven't you ever heard of dogs biting? This might not end so well.



One of these things is not like the other... (And do you like Bradley's pirate outfit that managed to sneak in a picture before I changed it?)



Ben: "Look, Aunt Alessa, I got an A+ on my test today!"
Alessa: "Oh, sweetie, that's just amazing! You are so smart!"



Beckett: "Look, Aunt Alessa, I got an A+ on my test today too!"
Alessa: "...How many of these damn kids are there and why do they all have to bother me?"



This is Alessa's "OH SHIT I'M PREGNANT" face. I'm not really sure whether that's a happy or sad face. But the baby's coming regardless.



Poor Ben. He got scared by the ghost of Royce about three times that night before I got fed up with it and decided to remove his grave from the lot. Needless to say, he didn't have a very good time at school the next morning.



Despite getting herself a new employee, who you can see restocking shelves back there, Amelia's still having trouble with the whole cash register concept.
Townie: "BITCH, I HAVE BEEN WAITING HERE FOR TWO HOURS! THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE!"



Well, I guess that's Amelia told. Nothing's worse than losing a sale.



WHAT. THIS IS SO CUTE I CAN'T EVEN STAND IT. JUST. GAH. DYING OF CUTENESS OVERLOAD RIGHT NOW.



Though Beckett is also competing very admirably to attract my attention with his own brand of cuteness.



But Bradley wins it back with his ridiculously cute kite-flying antics!



KID! Have your parents not taught you about stranger danger?!? Stop kissing that strange lady you've never met before right now!



~*BABBY TIME*~



Strange Lady: "Oh my, well, I know I look like I'm a doctor but this has certainly caught me off guard!"



With only a totally ineffectual doctor there to witness it, Bianca Alpha has entered into the world. I have high hopes for you, my dear. Do not let me down.

I am trying to post these all at once so I don't have an urge to procrastinate with the Sims next month because in two days, I've kind of decided I want to attempt NaNoWriMo for real. I know I said earlier I was going to use it instead to work on my current "novel" (which I have worked on a bit in the last few days so it's not like I've forgotten about it!) but I've been thinking about trying to write something brand new because the whole concept of the month is so totally opposite to my usual approach to writing (aka laboriously editing each and every sentence ten times before I move on to the next, leaving a story half-finished for months on end, etc.) that I think it will be a good exercise for me. So over about two days I've come up with a kind of partially-realized plot (I've got lots of characters, I'm good at those, I'm not as good at giving them interesting things to do for an extended length of time) and summarized some ideas that should at least give me a good start. We'll see how well it all turns out in the end. And I really don't want to say too much about it until I've finished or come close to finishing because I don't want to embarrass myself by spilling all the details and then failing. And I probably won't actually share it with the world until I've had much time to edit it after November is over because that's just how I roll and I don't think I can change that. Also, I've kind of chosen a setting which I have rather limited knowledge on so considering I can't adequately research that kind of thing in a couple of days, I imagine I'll be plugging a lot of that stuff in later too. I'm just trying to write the basics for now and worry about specifics later. Wish me luck!