Bon Appetit

So... we have to rework the house to have room for an extra kid.

I'm not thrilled with how the house looks with the addition, but it's functional for now.

Decorated the nursery real quick for Beryllium.

Hold on--

WHY DOES THE BEAR HAVE TEETH

KILL IT WITH FIRE

I definitely was NOT getting rid of the downstairs bathroom (or any of the bathrooms!) to make room for this kid, so we shuffled it over to the computer closet and then moved the computers under the stairs.

I had to rotate the toilet later on BUT.

I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS FUNCTIONAL.

Of course Hydrogen and Lithium had to cram themselves into the tiny bathroom for a chat. It's impossible to get a good camera angle in here, so I expect the downstairs toilet to become a prime socializing space for paras.

I was so focused on prepping for the new kid I didn't realize it was time for the twins to become teens. So Helium now has 2 points in physique, one in mind, and one in charisma. He's got the jester vibe and is good at romantic relationships.

Lithium has one in physique, one in mind, and two in charisma. She's serious and good at taking care of others.

I belieeeeve I was sending everyone to the store to get some new recipes but they decided to take separate routes.

Ellie: Wow... peeing and a show. :)

DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO TAKE PICTURES OF YOU IN HERE?? 😭

I just realized the high school has uniforms.

Ellie: Havin' the baby.

Kid came out more hair than baby.

Ellie, this is your fourth one; you should know how to hold a kid by now.

HE IS HELPLESS AGAINST THE TOOTH BEAR

I gave Beryllium a reasonable amount of hair for a newborn and added some more pictures to our wall. I'm having lots of fun with the photo mode.

Hydrogen was jealous of how much attention the others were getting so he decided to glitch out his shirt and walk around with a weirdly-distorted chest. Changing him to another outfit and back fixed it, though.

Photographic proof of where the computers are, I guess.

I don't remember why I felt the need to take a picture of Ellie holding Beryllium.

Still hate that bear, though.

Helium was sad and wanted to watch a bunch of TV, so I let him. I have Plans for him so we can start knocking out more of the community donation things.

Beryllium became a toddler.

Please get out of diapers I'm begging you.

ANYWAY Helium seems to learn recipes when he eats new food? Possibly because of the food talent; I haven't noticed it so much with the other kids. So I figured maybe he could get some of the foods we need from the restaurants around town. Although the donation pack wants things like hot dogs, so maybe we should try the crappy one instead.

I thought he got a pop-up about learning the recipe buttt it's not showing up when we cook? I might have to try again. But he knows how to cook microwave veggie dogs and barbecue hot dogs, but we need to know BARBECUE veggie dogs for the thing. Very annoying.

Also stopped by the general store for more recipes, which I'm doing whenever the family has spare time in the day.

Hydrogen was actually the one to get one of the recipes we needed. It's a little above his skill level, but as long as he doesn't burn the house down we should be okay.

The cake ended up with being 'ruined' or something, but the donation box doesn't require the food to be good, so it allowed it! So we have one from the cake bundle donated as well as burgers for the basic meal bundle.

Tried to test out if Beryllium could grab food from a plate, but apparently he can only eat if someone puts him in the high chair. :I

And then he gets mad about it.

WHY ARE YOU MAD THAT I FED YOU???

Girl went from 2+2 to quantum physics.

Although she only theoretically knows how to cook filet mignon because there's no way she's got the skill level to actually pull it off.

We now have a stinky pink platter on the table that I can't select or tell anyone to clean up. Might have to get a new table. 😂

Tried again with Helium but he still can't cook the correct veggie dogs. I'm not entirely sure why the two recipes are completely separate when theoretically the only difference in the recipe is which pack of dogs you grab.

Julian's pissed because uhhhh I might have accidentally not noticed he hadn't come home from the recipe run. :/

And now Ellie is old, which means NO MORE KIDS this generation. She can't trick me into letting her have another one. I think.