Sadness and a Heatwave

 My granddaughter Melina (right) invited me to the romance festival with her, but some people were dressed like it was GeekCon!

 Downing that sakura tea.

 My daughter River (Baby 35) was there with her boyfriend Paolo!

 My daughter-in-law Amelia (wife of Baby 33 Cameron) was in an interesting garb!

 Oops I did it again!  I missed another birthday!

 Baby 38, Scarlett Elle, as a Young Adult.  She gained the Bro trait and got a job as a gardener.

 This is me crying because we all got the call in the middle of the night to say that Rhys had died. 

 I painted a sad painting. 

 And then went into my seldom-seen gallery to look at his portrait.  I looked at Owen's whilst I was there, because his is next to it.  L to R: Owen, Rhys, Cameron, Hugo, River, Melody.  I don't think I've ever shown you guys my gallery, but here it is!  It contains the portraits of all my children as young adults, in birth order, starting with Arlo and ending with (currently) Melody, except poor Elodie (Baby 12) and Simon (Baby 13) whose portraits somehow went missing AFTER being placed on the wall!  

 Reilly and Beckett hugging. 

 It was prank day so Finn dared Scarlett to go streaking... and she did, though looking unhappy. 

 It was then time for Finn to finally move in with his wife.  He moved into the Bjergsen family home with his wife Elsa and her sister Sofia.  I hugged him goodbye and stabbed him in the face with my hat.

 That's when Elsa told him he was going to be a daddy!

 And then he did the same pout as every man does when they find out they are expecting.

 I love independent toddlers, because they can use the potty all by themselves without help!

 Looks like it's Reilly's birthday!

 Go Reilly!

 And he ages up looking like a member of Coldplay!

 Those darn teens, always on their phones straight away!

 Oh look, Cameron's an elder!  We found out that Archie had also passed away, so Cameron was now my current eldest.  

 Speaking of Archie, this is Roland, his younger son!  He and Myra had handsome boys.  He seems to be copying Uncle Owen with the glasses!

 Here's Reilly Bray as a teenager.  He gained the Bookworm trait and his aspiration is Nerd Brain.  He looks a lot like his older brothers who have come before him, specifically Asher and Hugo.  It seems I, just like my predecessor Blanche Bloom, have a habit of having sons who look just like me!  He does have a little bit of Brant in there, and he chose the same hairstyle his dad had!

 Finn teaching blocks to Beckett.

 Yes, that green lady is me (I accidentally turned myself into a plantsim), but that young lad is my grandson Eduardo!  He is the son of Cameron and Amelia.  He also has a little sister Yaretzi, whom I am yet to meet. 

 This is Jarrod Berry.  He is yet another AFL footballer who shall be a father in my challenge.  He lives with the two previous fathers, Lewis Taylor and Ryan Bastinac.  

 He is very excited about something. 

This is Jack Russell and Jarrod.  Jack also lives with them, however he is not a famous football player like the others.  He too shall donate to my cause!

Well I continue to be a shit parent, because AS I WAS BAKING HIS CAKE, Beckett decided to age up! 

Here he is as a child.  He gained the Gloomy trait and has the Rambunctious Scamp aspiration.  I think he is going to look like his father Ryan, but we'll see.

 We were going through an extended, non-stop heatwave, and we were all constantly sad due to the deaths in our family, but that didn't mean my challenge had to stop!  The show must go on!  As my youngest was now a child, I needed to get pregnant again, and Jarrod was a willing helper!

 See my green foot sticking out?!

 Well aren't I a cute little pregnant green thing!  Baby 43 is on its way!

Ah, vomit!  With most of my pregnancies I haven't been sick, so it's always a little bit surprising when I land one where I am!  With this being my 34th pregnancy, however, I am quite used to it.