As the weeks went on, the family noticed something… unnerving about little Eric… he had quite a temper. His emotions would seem to just boil over and he would erupt in to a mess of anger and frustration.
Funny enough, however, Evelyn was quite the opposite. She seemed to be quite carefree and easy going… she was a very mellow toddler. She hardly cried and often you could find her at the doll house chewing on one of the dolls' heads!
After getting in trouble for acting so childish, refusing to do his homework and of course, setting booby traps and pulling pranks on his younger siblings…
Alicia put Cody to work in her garden.
This, Alicia quickly realized, was pure ingenious. With Cody in the garden weeding and watering it freed up a huge amount of her time to teach the youngest twins how to walk!
She wasn't completely unreasonable, however, and made sure to go out and help him - especially with harvesting.
With another Engio teen in the garden, Alicia was able to have Evelyn and Eric talking and walking within a month of their birthdays! Quite an extraordinary accomplishment, Alicia thought.
One afternoon while working in the garden a sweet little stray dog wandered up to Cody.
At first, Cody ignored the pup, but within a few minutes he was on the ground petting her, and brushing her!
Within a couple hours time Cody had fallen in love with the little female stray. He snuck her in the house, filled a bowl from the kitchen with some leftovers from the fridge, and began to train her to hunt!
Within a couple days Alicia had found out about the stray that Cody had took in, she was, at first, slightly angered that he hadn't asked permission to add another member to the family but soon she fell in love with the pup as well. They named her Shiloh.
Alicia found through her parenting books many ways to handle raising all different types of children, which she gathered was a god send considering she had only fully raised 1 of 100 so far! One method of sorting out sibling conflict and rivalry in the Engio household was to have a pillow fight. It was a little idea from one of the books she ordered offline, but it proved to be a miracle worker between Delilah and Dylan who frequently argued over who won fairly at chess.
Going stir crazy in the house, Alicia asked her son Cody to baby sit his younger siblings while she headed out to the bar for an evening of fun. Once she arrived at the bar she quickly spotted a guy she thought made an excellent donor candidate. She flirted with him and bought him a few round of drinks to get him in the mood.
After some grub at the diner across the street he asked her to come home with him. What could she say? Things moved swiftly, and the next thing Alicia knew she had said yes. Although this guy seemed slightly creepy (or maybe just drunk?), and a little too excited for the nights events, in Alicia's opinion anyway.
This guy owned a hot tub, ooh la la. They slipped in and cuddled, making small talk.
Then suddenly, it just happened. Being pregnant multiple times in the past, Alicia just knew she was knocked up with baby number 7!
Back at home the arguing regarding the chess table had grown to such a large fight Cody had taken it in to his own hands and traded the neighbors the chess table for a stand alone one-person telescope!
Delilah and Dylan found other things to argue over, however. The most recent being the block table. "He has more green ones!!!!!!" "She stole my triangle block!!" The arguing went on and on and on; it was truly driving Cody nuts.
As soon as his mom got home from her night out he grabbed the leash and took Shiloh out for a walk. He needed some time away from the children.
She wasn't completely unreasonable, however, and made sure to go out and help him - especially with harvesting.
With another Engio teen in the garden, Alicia was able to have Evelyn and Eric talking and walking within a month of their birthdays! Quite an extraordinary accomplishment, Alicia thought.
One afternoon while working in the garden a sweet little stray dog wandered up to Cody.
At first, Cody ignored the pup, but within a few minutes he was on the ground petting her, and brushing her!
Within a couple hours time Cody had fallen in love with the little female stray. He snuck her in the house, filled a bowl from the kitchen with some leftovers from the fridge, and began to train her to hunt!
Within a couple days Alicia had found out about the stray that Cody had took in, she was, at first, slightly angered that he hadn't asked permission to add another member to the family but soon she fell in love with the pup as well. They named her Shiloh.
Alicia found through her parenting books many ways to handle raising all different types of children, which she gathered was a god send considering she had only fully raised 1 of 100 so far! One method of sorting out sibling conflict and rivalry in the Engio household was to have a pillow fight. It was a little idea from one of the books she ordered offline, but it proved to be a miracle worker between Delilah and Dylan who frequently argued over who won fairly at chess.
Going stir crazy in the house, Alicia asked her son Cody to baby sit his younger siblings while she headed out to the bar for an evening of fun. Once she arrived at the bar she quickly spotted a guy she thought made an excellent donor candidate. She flirted with him and bought him a few round of drinks to get him in the mood.
After some grub at the diner across the street he asked her to come home with him. What could she say? Things moved swiftly, and the next thing Alicia knew she had said yes. Although this guy seemed slightly creepy (or maybe just drunk?), and a little too excited for the nights events, in Alicia's opinion anyway.
This guy owned a hot tub, ooh la la. They slipped in and cuddled, making small talk.
Then suddenly, it just happened. Being pregnant multiple times in the past, Alicia just knew she was knocked up with baby number 7!
Back at home the arguing regarding the chess table had grown to such a large fight Cody had taken it in to his own hands and traded the neighbors the chess table for a stand alone one-person telescope!
Delilah and Dylan found other things to argue over, however. The most recent being the block table. "He has more green ones!!!!!!" "She stole my triangle block!!" The arguing went on and on and on; it was truly driving Cody nuts.
As soon as his mom got home from her night out he grabbed the leash and took Shiloh out for a walk. He needed some time away from the children.
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