This pregnancy was hard on Lavender. Here, she has fallen asleep standing up! Her oldest son, Teal, is very sweetly worried about his mom. Daryl, on the other hand, was hoping for some woohoo, but I don't think that will happen tonight! 

Now that things have calmed somewhat in the household, Lavender has decided to try one more time for a daughter! 

A funny shot of the boys eating. I guess no one taught them table manners! 

But they do work on their skills when they're not dancing. Here, Grey gets his last cleaning skill point and maxes his skills! Yay, Grey! And his sister, Lavender, got her impossible want, too, by earning over $100,000! 

Go, Grey, go! He and Cyan dance a lot; they aren't so serious all of the time! 

The boys (except for Denim, who hasn't been doing his homework--you can tell how much he hates it from his picture with Grey) get into private school! Yay! The headmaster actually got out of the hot tub long enough for the tour and meal and the family got 132 points! 

See? 

Here is Ice playing with his bear after getting his new hairstyle so he doesn't look like Denim's identical twin. 

Now that Teal is a teen, he can join the Legasea Men Tradition of eating together. Here they enjoy some yummy burgers and discuss sumo wrestling. 

He doesn't seem to enjoy it, though. :-) 

Grey takes on the responsibility of teaching Denim to study--it's great having a smart uncle around the house! 

Ta-daaa! And the hand admiring occurs. I love how Nervous Jr. is suspended in the air. 

"Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, dear I--Ice, happy birthday to youuuu!!!!" 

Okay, now it's Ice's turn blow out the candles. 

Teal and ice had their birthdays on the same day, so the family had a small party with just them and a couple of friends the kids brought home from school. Here's Teal right after his transition.

Not bad looking, huh? 

Denim, in a rare moment when he wasn't splashing puddles everywhere. He's a cute kid. 

The next day, Denim magically turned into a child when I wasn't looking. I caught him in the "hand admiring" stage, though, and his dad and Grey were on hand to watch. Unfortunately, Denim "grew up badly" since he was sad about his Grandma passing away. And I'm sure being there for the event didn't help, either. 

And there she goes, fading away . . . "Don't forget me, kids!" 

The sickle was attached to Death, who had come for Violet. Luckily it was a big enough bathroom for the hula girls to fit in, along with a sobbing Cyan and little Denim. 

Violet was all platinumed up and ready to go be with Weldon and her mom and dad, so she decided to spend her last few moments giving stinky little Denim a bath. Halfway through, a mysterious sickle appeared! 

Well, it seems to have become a tradition for the Legasea men to eat together. Here, they enjoy some delicious toaster pastries. 

A cute shot of father and son. (Denim, I think; they all look the same!) I love his little jammies! 

Lavender also stops to cry and think about her dad often. She will miss him. 

Chloe continues to mourn long after everyone has begun resuming their dady to day activities. But Weldon's death has left many women in Strangeville sad today.