Rude boy

Round 7: 2005-2008

Stella is on maternity leave so to avoid complete boredom she spends most of her days talking on the phone. Her best friend Regan is also pregnant so they share their horror stories of morning sickness and swollen ankles.

Liv brings Dawn home from school with her. Dawn is a few years younger but the girls seem to get along well.

Liv has a new baby brother, Finn. She's a bit disappointed when she realizes that he can't do anything. She can't wait for him to grow up so that they can play together.

Deacon is playing the perfect husband and father. He knows that a good reputation is essential in his career so he can't afford to make more mistakes. Sleeping with the mayor's wife was bad enough.

Both Deacon and Stella are quite musical so they were thrilled when Liv asked if she could start taking piano lessons. She practices every night and her playing is starting to sound pretty good.

Finn is a big boy now. Deacon loves playing peek-a-boo with him.

Stella takes care of the potty training while Deacon seems to concentrate on the fun stuff. Peek-a-boo is nice but it's much more important to get the little one out of diapers!

Saturday morning Stella tells Deacon to look after Finn while she goes out with Liv. She also calls Regan and they decide to meet at the playground in the Central Park.

Stella and Regan share the latest gossip while their daughters get to know each other. Stella would love it if Liv and Erin became best friends like their mothers. They stay in the park for a while but then Regan gets tired and she heads home with Erin. Stella and Liv don't want to go home just yet so they decide to go to the KaChing Shopping Centre.

First they get their photo taken in the photo booth. It'll be a nice memory of their day.

After some window shopping they have lunch in the cafeteria. It was getting quite late so they decided to walk back home after they had eaten.

Liv enjoys spending time with her baby brother now that he's old enough to play with toys. He says he wants to go to school with her but she says he'll have to wait a couple of years.

Deacon is so proud of Liv for being such a good student and a good big sister. Hopefully she'll stay that way when she grows up.

Notes:

• Title from "Rude boy" by Leila K
• Liv only has 1 nice point but she doesn't act that way. She plays with her little brother and is super-nice for other kids as well. Maybe she'll turn into a monster when she ages to teen...
• Deacon didn't have time to be nothing else but the perfect husband and father because he had to take care of the kids in the evenings while Stella was at work.