adventures of SuperMom! ((open thread))

[slayers_desire]

Today, April, Jonathan and Laura are visiting the Nexus zoo. April particularly likes this zoo, since there are no harmful confinement against the animals, and there is a wide variety of animals that she is familiar with, and those from other worlds and universes. It gives her an opportunity to teach her children about new fauna.

It can be quite an adventure, being the mother of two unique children. Jonathan was very exciting about everything around him, and now at three-and-a-half he could be quite a handful himself. April had to watch him carefully at times, to ensure his excitement didn't accidentally betray his super powers to others. She knew it was difficult for him to contain, being so young.

Laura was roughly seven months old, so was still contained within a stroller. But she was quite excited about all the new sights and sounds around her. The biggest complication for Laura was watching what the infant grabbed, since she was putting everything in her mouth -- as she was teething a few new teeth.

And to make the day even more exciting, April has both dogs, young Ree and older Shelby on leashes as they explored through the zoo. The dogs seemed interested in some of the animals... and of course there were those animals who were more interested in the the dogs themselves.

There was a point when the leashes were wrapped around April's legs... Laura was grabbing for some lady's keys, and Jonathan was pointing excitedly at the ice cream station. All in a normal day for Super Mom.

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[a_slave_obeys]

Peggy giggles. "Nooo, not dog treats, people treats! Like cookies!"

[slayers_desire]

"Wouldn't you get tired of cookies all the time?"

[a_slave_obeys]

The girls react in disbelief. How could anyone get tired of cookies?

"If you ate them all the time, it wouldn't be a special treat anymore," Jack says. He sure hopes he can discourage them from thinking that all cookies, all the time, is a good meal plan, because otherwise they'll be begging him for weeks, and he still hasn't quite figured out how to bake.

[slayers_desire]

"You know what they say, variety is the spice of life."

[a_slave_obeys]

"Who's they?" Dolores wants to know.

"Adults," Jack says. He doesn't know either, but that'll be an acceptable answer to the girls. "Why don't we go see some of the other animals now? You haven't seen the zebras yet, right?" he adds, looking over at April.

[slayers_desire]

"Not yet. We were just heading that way."

[a_slave_obeys]

"We'll come with you," Jack says, and turns to the girls. "Come on, the animals are waiting for us. Helen, do you want to let one of your sisters walk the doggy?"

Helen hands Ree's leash over to Marjorie, who happily takes charge of her.

[slayers_desire]

Ree happily walks along with the group of people, not really caring who has control of her leash right now. April lets Jonathan handle Shelby's leash (since he will be more mild out of the two).