Hi Mum, it's Sammy (clone 59 - part 7)

This post has an excessive amount of warm fuzziness attached to it. You have been warned.

"Night night, my little princess. You sleep well, it was a big day today."

I swear, that little munchkin has already grown more. Why don't they stay small and adorable?

Charlie discovered that we bought several new things for him. First that he decided to try was the new sand pit.

"Charlie, you have to come in. Your first day of school is tomorrow. You better start getting ready for bed."



"Dad!"

"Charlie Grant, inside."

"Oh, all right."

"Sunny, now that Charlie is in, I have an idea."

"What's that?"

"Let's go explore the new treehouse."

I told Sunny that steps up to the tree house don't look very solid. So she climbed to the top while I watched and waited.

The view was very entertaining from this angle, let me tell you.

I seriously do not remember anything about a tree house which was this fun.

Though preparing to ride forth and slay dragons may have happened a time or two.

"Dad, could you read me a story?"

"What story would you like?"

"Pirates or spacemen. Or pirate spacemen."

"How about the Seven Voyages of Jimmy Sprocket the sailor?"

"Is he a pirate?"

"No he's a merchant on a sailing ship. He is trying to find markets to sell his goods at a profit. But he has many adventures on his voyages."
 

It was only half the first chapter and the boy was sound asleep.

One child going to sleep, the other needs to get up. Donna needed her bottle.

Of course, before she got her bottle, she had to brave the attack of The Claw. I think it's safe to say Donna survived the attack.

As you might notice, there is a new room for Donna. There's also a second bath and a room for my exercise equipment. We still even have some of the money left from my inheritance.

Sunny decorated Donna's room. There's so much colour, it's nearly blinding.

The next morning, Charlie was up early and having a blast before school. He found a spaceman costume in an old chest. He explored the galaxy for a little while.

Then he tried out hopscotch, and wasn't too good at it.

Next it was up in the tree house. I'm not sure what horizons he was surveying from the tree house. They would have been incredibly important though.

I had some time to kill before work, so I tried to teach Donna to talk again.

She's really reluctant to learn talking. She chatters a lot at her dolls but never people.

All too soon, it was time for work. I finally had a chance to finish upgrading my extinguisher.

Away from the adults and now she's a little chatterbox. She won't talk to her daddy but that toy? She never stops.

I warned Sunny that Donna was a tough customer when it came to talking. Mia decided to try teaching Donna to walk instead.

"Come on. You can do it. Come to Momma."

"Donna, what a clever clever baby."

"Now let's try just another few steps."

Donna seems a bit more eager to learn this then talking.

I did the usual round of maintenance. Both the fire alarms and the engine needed some work. I'm getting a lot of practice, maintaining the equipment takes far less time then it used to.

My shift is supposed to end at 5. So why do most fires break out at 4 and cause me to stay late? Almost exactly 4 and the alarm goes off.

This time, it wasn't a fire though. It was an emergency at the Science building.

"Thank god you've come. You have to do something. The air conditioning unit is taking the whole building sub arctic. I have samples in there that will be ruined if they freeze." Moe Pesce was in a state about his samples in the building.

It took a couple of hours to deal with the emergency, but nothing in the building froze.

I've been promoted to assistant fire chief.

Charlie signed up for Scouts after school. When he finally got home, he tried to discover a new potion using the chemistry table we also recently purchased.

I've heard about a few potions. I'm not looking forward to him making some of them.

As for me, well, it was bedtime for our little princess.

First the terrible monster claw tickled her.

Then it was time for her to sleep. Such a little darling. It would be so nice to have another baby.

"Dad? Can you help with the homework?"

"I don't understand this math problem. If I have ten apples, and give someone two, how many apples do I have?"

"What's complicated about that?"

"Dad, I might be hungry. I might have dropped an apple.  How can you answer that?"

"Charlie, you just have to keep it simple. You have ten apples and give away two. The other apples are still yours, so how many do you have?"

"Oh, it's not a trick?"

"Nope."

To celebrate finishing his homework, Charlie shared some juice with his toy.

Sunny picked up the story where I left off last night. Charlie seems to enjoy it.

Well, up to the moment he goes to sleep. But that never takes long. He spends so much time playing that he's almost asleep before we can read a word.

"Sammy?"

"Yes, Sunny?"

"About that baby."

"Donna?"

"No silly, the baby you've been asking for."

"What about it?"

"I've been thinking about it. I want another baby with you, Sam."

"Sunny, are you sure?"

She half growled as she shoved me to the bed. "Positive. Are you going to make me take advantage of you Mister?"

"Yes please." We both laughed and fell into the bed. I think we ended up about even on the "Who was taking advantage of who" game.

There are just times when a man has gotta do what a man has gotten do. Since Amelia wants a baby, I'm certainly willing to do my part. As many times as necessary to get results.