1.8 Different Doll

Did I mention live became quite hectic? Though none of the children needed bottles or diaper changing any more, giving all of them a proper meal became quite an operation. Usually the first one's that started diner would already be finished when the last one sat down. 

And though the youngest twins were still very much in love with their dolls, they were quite happy to entertain each other as well. They played a lot of tag together, and it made us believe that perhaps we didn't have to worry about their dolls coming alive.

But when we noticed the boys taking some real liking to their dolls, we weren't sure if the youngest one not having their dolls coming alive was a blessing. Growing up with someone you share all your secrets with, all your desires, it must grow a bond of some sort. And even though the girls had pointed ears, they were the only ones around. 

It's not like we never thought about this happening, the moment those dolls came to live and turned out to be girls, pretty cute ones with that as well if I may add, Madeline and I discussed this outcome. So by the time we noticed the first sparks flying around, we already had grown accustomed to this idea. We decided to just be happy that they didn't have to spend their lives without a love like ours, because how big is your chance of getting a hot firefighting female after all?

I just blame the fact that we had six children in our household, of which four were hormonal teenagers, but we missed all about the conversations Cathelijne had with Levi. As Levi explained to us later on, it turned out that she had been asking question about where Doll and Lucky came from, and how come her doll Pat was not coming alive. When Levi informed her both he and Luke had put the doll down at some point, Cath just had to try it out for herself.

After which she manipulated her other brother into creating another one of those potions under her and Pat's watchful eyes. I guess being their only sister gave her some perks, cause Luke was working at his laboratory for a few weeks in a row again. I think time must have make him forget the exact ingredients, it took him considerably longer to recreate the potion this time around.

It wasn't until I noticed a potion bottle floating through the air that I realized there were a lot of things we were missing about our children's lives, and though I wouldn't want to miss any one of them, I do sometimes wonder how it would have been with less kids.

When Pat turned out to be a pale looking little boy Cathelijne was surprised, her brothers dolls were nothing like her doll, this boy seemed different.
"Pat?" The little boy shrugged before he responded, "Pat? no, I'm Sebastian."