household:  Tara (Kat) Dreamer = elder

Dirk Dreamer = Adult

Megan (Pleasant) Dreamer = Adult

Turk Dreamer = Toddler/child

JD Dreamer = Toddler/ child

Tiger = male elder cat

Bailey = male adult cat

Benny = male puppy

Put Turk in high chair..feed Turk..get JD..put JD in high chair..feed JD..potty train Turk..potty train JD..put Turk in crib..bath JD..put JD in crib…sleep….get up..get Turk..bath Turk…clean pet dishes..feed pets…put Turk in high chair..

Megan’s days blended together.  The two toddlers consumed her days.  Dirk and Tara helped, when they weren’t working or painting or engaged in other hobbies.  They had both painted portraits of her pregnant.  They had done paintings of the boys as infants and were working on toddler paintings. 

Megan couldn’t remember the last time she got to turn on the radio and dance.   She was lucky to find the energy to climb into the shower or even get some leftovers from the fridge.  She wanted to call Mel and invite him over.

‘I’m just like dad’, Megan berated herself.  ‘a cheater’

Megan cuddled Turk, kissing him gently before lowering him into his crib.  She heard the front door open.  Foot steps on the stairs.  As she walked out of Turks room, she saw Mel at the warm up bar.  She let her eyes run over his body.  He was so muscular.  His long black hair moving with his movements. 

‘Just like dad’  she thought and head for the stairs. 

She fought against the urge to sleep as she waited for JD to finish on the potty.  When he was done, she scooped him up and carried him to his room.  She sighed as she passed Mel in the hallway.  She tickled JD and kissed him gentle.

‘I’m a family sim.’ She thought as she carefully placed the toddler in his crib, ‘I can’t be anything like dad.’

The unmistakable sound of a helicopter landing roared through the house.  Dirk was home.  Tara wouldn’t be much longer.  Megan headed out of JD’s room.  She paused briefly to take a long loving look at Mel.  She fought back all her urges and went to her room.  She flopped down on the bed.  She didn’t care if Mel and Dirk talked.  She didn’t care if Mel told Dirk about the night he spent with Megan.  All Megan cared about at the moment was sleep. 

When Megan woke up, Mel was gone.  She found Dirk in the hallway working on his painting of JD.  Tiger and Bailey were playing at the top of the stairs.  JD was playing with the doll house.  Megan was so hungry but she couldn’t get past the cats to get downstairs.  Tiger stopped playing and looked at Megan then he was gone, leaving with the grim reaper. Only a little white urn left where the cat had been playing.  Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the urn.  Megan picked it up and took it downstairs.  Tara was in the kitchen crying, Turk at her feet looking confused. 

Tiger had been Tara’s cat.  She had adopted him as a kitten before Darren had passed away.  Megan handed her the urn so she could put Tiger out back to rest with Tara’s other cats.  Megan got something to eat then bathed Turk. 

“Now that Cassandra has passed away do you plan to move in with Gina,”  Megan asked Tara after the twins were put to bed.

“Did you want me to leave Dear?” Tara asked from across the chess table.

“Oh no, not at all,  I just thought that with Gina also having twins and Alexander working so much that you might have wanted to be with her,”  Megan moved one of her pawns forward, “plus, Turk and JD will become children tomorrow, so they won’t require as much care.”

“I hadn’t really planned on it.  I guess if Gina feels she needs me then I will go,” Tara said with a smile, “you should go get some sleep dear, those boys will be up soon.”

Megan nodded, she had wanted to pass out when the boys went to sleep but she had wanted to talk to Tara too.  Megan wasn’t sure if she really did want Tara to move out or not.  Megan slipped into her PJs then crawled into bed next to a snoring Dirk. 

Megan wasn’t sure how she felt about anything.  She loved Dirk, but felt like he was ignoring her.  Tara was always taking charge of everything when she was around.  The boys were still so little but Megan wanted another child.  Then there was Mel Fancey, how did he fit into her life.  She didn’t want to think about her sisters Angela or Lilith.  Especially Lilith; not after stealing Dirk away from her and then cheating on him.

The boys woke in the middle of the night.  Dirk got up, feeling well rested and attended to Turk.  Megan dragged herself from the bed to tend to JD. 

‘Last night of this’ Megan thought, ‘I need to do something special for them’.   She picked up the phone and called the pet adoption service. 

“they don’t need a puppy.” Dirk yelled when Megan walked in with the little dog, “and who’s going to take car of it?  Bailey is suppose to be your cat and Tara takes care of him more then you do.  Are you even going to find Bailey a job yet?”

“Are you ever going to finish that junk car?” Megan snapped back, then snuggled the puppy, “his name is Benny.”

She put the puppy down and headed upstairs to bed.  She could hear Dirk cursing in the kitchen as she headed into her room.

The day of the boys’ birthday was a long day with them and with Benny.  She did manage to get on the computer to find Bailey a job.  He was able to start right away. 

Megan called some guest and prepped for the boys’ party.  She was exhausted.  She tried to get some coffee in her but it wasn’t enough help.  The party guests were a sea of faces.  Gilly Broke, Alexander Goth, Danny Lotherio and Dan Crazy.  Her half-brother, Dan had come despite her barely giving him the time of day.  He had come to celebrated his nephews.  Angela had also come, but not Lilith. 

Megan helped Turk grow up while Dirk helped JD.  The boys grew up well.  Megan smiled, then headed to bed.  She was awaked to the sound of construction.  Dirk had built a detached garage for his broken down car. 

“I put work benches in there for the boys” he exclaimed, self satisfaction in his voice.

“they’re not old enough to use those, you know.” Megan chided.  Walking away from the window.  She took a quick shower.  It felt so good to relax under the hot water and not listen for the cry of a baby.  She still wanted another one.  A little girl would be nice.  Not twins.  She defiantly didn’t want another set of twins.

Dirk called her to their bedroom.  She found him relaxing on the bed.

“I’ve missed you,” he whispered patting the bed beside him. 

She climbed on next to him.  He kissed her.  She had missed him too.   It had been so long since the last time they had woo-hooed. 

She fell into a deep restful sleep in has arms.

In the morning Megan had to return to work.  she found her way to the kitchen.  Tara had cooked Breakfast.

“I decided to retire,” Tara announced. “I can be here when the boys get home from school.  This way you won’t need a nanny.”

Megan nodded,  she got two bites of her omelet before the car pool arrived.  Megan shuffled out the door.  Tara was obviously not planning to leave.