Seriously, if you just want the short version it’s right there in the title. Literally every member of the household aged up. Technically, Acacia became a Teen… Read more “Mother Nature Challenge, Generation Zero, Week 4: It’s Everyone’s Birthday”
Month: September 2013
Mother Nature Challenge, Generation Zero: Children Two and Three, Betony and Corydalis Bloom
Here is what happens when you have twins unexpectedly, and you are a bad documentarian: You forget to take a portrait of one of them. So here,… Read more “Mother Nature Challenge, Generation Zero: Children Two and Three, Betony and Corydalis Bloom”
Mother Nature Challenge, Generation Zero, Week 3: The Worst That Could Happen
Magnolia had her usual easy time with pregnancy. Easier even than the last one–she didn’t once become nauseated. Zipping home from Aleister’s, she thought, Bjorn was right.… Read more “Mother Nature Challenge, Generation Zero, Week 3: The Worst That Could Happen”
Mother Nature Challenge, Generation Zero, Week 3: The Days Grow Shorter, The Nights Grow Colder
Acacia began school after Leisure Day and did fairly well, meeting new friends and slowly raising her grade to the “A” that Bjorn, particularly, insisted she was… Read more “Mother Nature Challenge, Generation Zero, Week 3: The Days Grow Shorter, The Nights Grow Colder”
Aside: Near Misses, Narrative Failures, and a New Expansion
Some quick notes before I get back into the storytelling: I’ve nearly failed out of this challenge twice already. My first heir isn’t even a young adult… Read more “Aside: Near Misses, Narrative Failures, and a New Expansion”
Mother Nature Challenge, Generation Zero: Leisure Day
(Acacia looks like she’ll be avoiding the pulled pork sandwich from now on.) Bjorn was off filing reviews of the various Sunset Valley dining options. No leisure… Read more “Mother Nature Challenge, Generation Zero: Leisure Day”
Mother Nature Challenge, Generation Zero, Day 14: The Last Day of Toddlerhood
Up early–lots to wrap up today. (Bjorn kept his word about helping Acacia more. He did pretty well, too, for not being Family Oriented.) I went ahead… Read more “Mother Nature Challenge, Generation Zero, Day 14: The Last Day of Toddlerhood”
Mother Nature Challenge, Generation Zero, Days 11-13: Bjorn’s Journal
Flyleaf/Inside Cover: Volume XIV of the narrative record of the life of BJORN BLOOM, son of Olaf Bloom of Aurora Skies (likely by now renamed BJORNIGSBERG) TO WHOM… Read more “Mother Nature Challenge, Generation Zero, Days 11-13: Bjorn’s Journal”
Mother Nature Challenge, Generation Zero, Days 11-13: Magnolia’s Journal
Day 11: I shouldn’t be writing this. I should be in bed. The sun’s about to come up, but I didn’t want Acacia to start crying and… Read more “Mother Nature Challenge, Generation Zero, Days 11-13: Magnolia’s Journal”
