Back to Selvadorada

At GeekCon, Amelia is no longer pregnant!  She had a son called Gavin.

 Izumi (Ralph's girlfriend) was there in cosplay.

 Maisie and Randolph (remember blind date guy?) in cosplay too.

 Piper worked on the rocket and made the realisation that she wanted to be a astronaut.  She hadn't picked a career yet so she went straight away to get a job!

Since when did GeekCon become a pantless event?!

 Meanwhile Iris was now blogging and had a little friend following her around.

 And I had successfully grown a cowplant!

 Louis and Bronte engage in a normal-looking hug.

 And Bronte has a go at karaoke!

 Showing off my mad skills.  I look confident, right?

 Hoo boy, he's offering up cake!  

 Just casually petting my vicious cowplant.

 The downside to having a food stall outside your house is the constant rubbish!

 Good boy Augie took it upon himself to clean up to raise his responsibility. 

 Of course I encouraged him.

 Reading with Evie (Evangeline's new nickname), Indie and Augie.

 I caught Augie playing with the cowplant!  It makes me nervous when the kids go near it.

 This Harvestfest I decided to get us some new toys, like a bigger TV and a gaming console. 

 Iris is streaming Harvestfest. 

 Piper, me, Ralph and Amelia.

 Maisie, Augie, Holly and Bronte.

 Iris and a stinky Evie.

 Me: "Just ignore it, Holly; pretend it's not there."

 Harvestfest was also birthday time!  Indie first.

 Then Evie with Iris.

 Baby 62, Indie, as a child.  She gained the Creative trait and has the Artistic Prodigy aspiration.

 Baby 63, Evangeline, as a child.  She gained the Perfectionist trait and has the Rambunctious Scamp aspiration. 

 Just casually milking my cowplant.  Holly looks perturbed.  I later found that I had milked 'Holly's essence of happiness' - had the cowplant eaten her?!

 On Harvestfest we also learnt that Babies 52 and 53, Louis and Finley, had passed away.  We also had two grim reaper gnomes show up.  Coincidence?  I think not!

 Uh oh, he looks like he's munching...

 He then spat Sophie out!  

 Talk Like a Pirate Day also apparently equates to dress like a pirate day - who knew?

 If this place looks familiar, that's because we've been here before - yes, we are back in Selvadorada!  Last time we came, it was because Baby 44, Elliot, had the Archaeology Scholar aspiration.  This time, Sophie has it. 

 It's a good father scouting opportunity, and this vendor seems suitable.  Last time we were here I met a man called Dylan, who went on to father my 47th child, Claus.

 Sophie does her homework, strangely.

 Now this bloke had some moves I had never seen before.

 He was getting right into it!

 Woo!

 Sophie checking the sign to see what she's in for.

 Sophie and I were going to explore the jungle when Bronte decided last minute she wanted to join us.  Little did she realise...

Me: "Uh, honey, don't panic but there's a little fella on your shoulder..."

 Panic she did (though she's still smiling about it...).

 Her first dig!

 The jungle was beautiful from up here.

 I got a shot of the waterfall with my camera.

 Sophie was getting better and better with the machete.

 I found this strange tree growing strange fruits so of course I had to pick some!

 And then I found this lookout.

 It was incredible to stand there and look over the dense jungle.

 I caught this shot of the sunset with my camera.

 And then I started getting attacked by lightning bugs.  It left me a little dazed.

 Then some fire bugs started to attack Sophie, but she had the correct repellant.  

"Not today, Zurg."

 So then they made their way to Bronte.

 And then they set her on fire.

 Luckily mummy was there with her new Naturalist trait to extinguish her.

 And that's when Bronte decided she'd had enough of the jungle.

Sophie and I found a temple!  Then this rather fleshless bloke came down the stairs...

He was the Temple Guardian and we greeted each other like old friends!  His name was Kal C. M. Osseous. 

I skinny dipped in the temple.

Sophie tried to pass a barrier but it didn't end well. 

We were looking great, but Sophie managed to get through eventually!

And then who stumbled into the temple?  Ralph!

"Oh, hey Mum."

"Ralph!  What are you doing here?  In a temple?  In Selvadorada?!"

I found the prize at the end!

Having completed the temple, Sophie and I headed back to the house.  The next day, I was attempting to chat up the market merchant, but this woman kept standing there!  I think she might have been a bit jealous.

The kids were checking out the museum, and who should join them?  Randolph!  Blind date guy!  He's everywhere. 

Iris' boyfriend and our maid, Rachid Mounib, was also there.

Sophie works on her relics.

Paying my respects to the statue. 

Well, it turns out that on my journey to the temple, I caught the Blessing of the Ancients!  Soon, I had passed it on to all of my kids; the glow can be seen around Iris as she catches it!  It doesn't last forever though, so I'm hoping that we can keep passing it on to each other for as long as possible.

Whoops, looks like Augie has become a teen.

Baby 61, Augie, as a teen.  He gained the Genius trait and the Nerd Brain aspiration.