Baby date!

Session Start: Wed Oct 24 21:29:42 2012
Session Ident: #gnomeland
* Logging for #gnomeland started
* Aleyn comes by to Vedran's place one afternoon
* Vedran will answer the door, but even before he does you can hear unsteady running in the house
<Vedran> hey :)
* Aleyn grins.
<Aleyn> Hey. He sounds like he's having fun.
* Vedran now has a toddle on his hip :3
<Aleyn> (or, was having, then ;)
* Macen peeks up at you curiously
<Aleyn> Hi Macen :)
<Vedran> can you say hi to Aleyn, Macen?
<Macen> :3
* Aleyn smiles back.
<Vedran> how about a wave?
* Vedran says as he steps aside to let you in
<Vedran> hmm?
<Macen> hi :3
<Aleyn> Hi! It's nice to see you again.
* Macen squirms in his father's grip
* Aleyn steps inside
<Macen> down?
<Vedran> okay
* Vedran puts him down gently
<Vedran> (after the door is closed
<Aleyn> Are you on solo Macen patrol today? :)
* Macen is wearing a little elfy robe , puffyed out around his diaper
<Vedran> for a little while, anyway
<Vedran> Marys went out to do a little shopping
* Aleyn nods.
<Vedran> and Kier should be by later
<Aleyn> How's it going?
* Aleyn looks for a sense of if you're frazzled, or doing okay.
<Vedran> uhhh, well, he was napping until just a little while ago
<Macen> no nap!
* Aleyn chuckles
<Vedran> heh, no, not now
<Vedran> do you want to play with your blocks some more?
<Aleyn> That sounds like fun.
* Macen nods
* Macen runs over to his toy box then
* Aleyn comes further into the living room
<Vedran> Man, somedays I think I need Roscoe's boots just to keep up with him @_@
* Aleyn sits down on the floor, cross-legged.
<Aleyn> No kidding.
* Vedran goes over and will help Macen get his blocks out
* Macen always seems to find other things in the toy box that also need to be removed :3
<Aleyn> I was at the orphanage for a bit this morning, imagine it with fifty of him ;)
<Vedran> heh
<Vedran> they're more varied in age though, right?
<Aleyn> True.
<Aleyn> It's still pretty crazy sometimes. I'm amazed they can keep it as orderly as they manage to.
<Macen> nooooo!
* Macen whines as Vedran tries to put away some of the other toys
<Aleyn> Hey Macen, let's build something :)
* Macen looks over at Aleyn
* Aleyn attempts to distract him with things that are already out
* Vedran gives you a grateful look
<Vedran> someone has been cranky lately, I will warn
<Vedran> and yesterday he bit Kier -_-
* Aleyn retrieves some blocks and starts stacking them, which is always a temptation...
<Aleyn> ouch!
* Macen toddles over and takes the first block off
<Aleyn> Nice work :)
* Macen then puts it at the bottom of a new stack
<Aleyn> He didn't just knock the entire thing down ;)
* Aleyn seems amused/impressed
* Aleyn will add some more blocks to the tower.
<Vedran> not tall enough yet >.>
<Aleyn> heh
<Aleyn> I'm amazed your bookshelves are still as intact as they are.
* Vedran sighs
<Aleyn> Hopefully you've moved anything really valuable to the top shelves?
<Vedran> that's a fight of constant supervision >.>
<Vedran> yeh
* Aleyn nods.
<Vedran> he's been trying to climb them though
<Aleyn> oh, fun.
<Vedran> @_@
<Macen> fun!
<Aleyn> I was going to suggest you could tie the books into the shelves with ropes, but that might just encourage him.
<Aleyn> That's right, fun :) Building with blocks is lots of fun.
* Macen grabs for the block aleyn has
* Aleyn offers it to him
<Macen> unh!
* Macen takes it and puts it on the tower :3
<Aleyn> very nice, is it a castle?
* Macen considers, looking at his dad
<Macen> no
<Aleyn> hm.. maybe it's a big mountain.
<Aleyn> or a wizard tower?
<Vedran> is it Highmark?
* Macen responds ominously bu pushing it obver and giggling
<Vedran> well I hope not then @_@
<Aleyn> heh
* Aleyn takes his hat off and puts it on Macen's head, where it is far too big and falls down over his eyes.
* Vedran chuckles and joins the two of you on the floor
<Vedran> still looks better on you :)
<Aleyn> Fair. Maybe in his size... ;)
* Macen takes it off and looks it over
<Vedran> Macen is not a fan of hats, are you kiddo?
<Macen> no hats!
<Aleyn> Oh, but hats can be very handsome, and besides, keep your ears warm when it's cold out.
* Macen puts the hat on the ground upside down, and puts a block in it
<Macen> no hats!
<Aleyn> Well, if you insist.
* Macen shakes his head
* Macen puts another block in the hat
* Aleyn seems unconcerned with his hat being used as a repository for blocks
* Vedran frowns a little, but it is your hat >.>
* Macen sees how many blocks he can put in, then starts taking them out
<Vedran> so, how are things at the orphanage, other than chaotic?
<Aleyn> Well... pretty good, I guess? I like to go around story time, that's usually fun, and they tend to sit still for it, mostly.
<Vedran> Oh, fun :)
<Aleyn> Yeah.
<Aleyn> It's kind of hard to leave them sometimes.
<Vedran> oh?
<Aleyn> well, if they're hanging on and stuff.
* Macen seems mostly content with build/demolish games atm :3
* Aleyn says lightly.
* Vedran grins
* Aleyn will retrieve his hat if it seems in danger of being smushed.
<Vedran> that can make it a challenge
<Vedran> (maybe a little >.>)
* Aleyn sets it up on the table, maybe not out of reach, but at least out of immediate range.
<Aleyn> There's one little girl... she always gets me to read to her.
<Vedran> oh?
<Aleyn> I keep hoping maybe she'll be gone next time I go, that someone will have adopted her, but so far...
* Aleyn shrugs.
<Aleyn> not because I don't like reading to her.
* Aleyn adds hastily.
<Vedran> oh, no, I get you
<Vedran> just want her to have something better?
<Aleyn> yeah.
<Aleyn> all of them, really.
<Aleyn> even though I know this is better than the alternative.
<Vedran> yeah
<Vedran> they are well cared for
* Aleyn nods.
<Aleyn> I know... they have enough food, and a place to sleep, and people to watch over them.
<Aleyn> and suckers who'll come and read them stories, even.
* Aleyn says with a wry smile.
* Vedran grins at that again
<Vedran> I do know what you mean though
* Macen runs back over to the toy box
<Vedran> whatcha looking for, Macen?
<Aleyn> She has a limp... I don't know if maybe that's why no one's taken her yet :/
* Vedran asks as he tries to push oben the box's lid
* Aleyn glances up to see what Macen's up to
<Macen> mals!
<Vedran> your animals?
<Macen> mals!
<Vedran> okay
* Vedran will get out some of his wooden animals, and the vertebrae snake which has gotten included with them
<Vedran> just a few, okay?
* Aleyn smiles to see that
<Macen> maaaaal! :(
<Vedran> here you go
* Vedran will give him some, and he toddles off back towards the blocks
<Aleyn> wow, what animals do you have there?
<Aleyn> I see a horse, and... is that a bear? and ooh, a dragon.
* Macen plops down on his butt amd sorts them
<Aleyn> not that dragons are technically animals, but hey :)
<Macen> saaake?
* Macen giggles it and puts it aside
<Aleyn> oh yeah, the snake
<Macen> 'raffe!
* Macen picks it a giraffe
<Vedran> I had no idea what that was
<Vedran> Kier found it...somewhere @_@
<Aleyn> neat :)
<Macen> moomoo!
<Aleyn> oh, a cow?
* Macen shoves a cow in your face, yes
* Aleyn takes it and admires the fine craftsmanship ;)
<Aleyn> It's a nice cow.
* Aleyn offers it back.
<Macen> moomoo!
<Vedran> cow
<Macen> moo?
<Aleyn> Cows say moo, that's right.
* Macen looks hopefully at his dad
<Vedran> Moooooo
<Vedran> :3
* Aleyn smiles
<Macen> :D
<Aleyn> And dads, also.
* Macen laughs
<Vedran> sometimes making me make animal noises is his favoutite game
<Aleyn> oh, I can see why, you're very good at them.
* Aleyn teases
<Aleyn> so what noise does the... giraffe make? ;)
<Vedran> all that bardic training was not in vain, I assume you :V
<Vedran> I have no idea
* Aleyn chuckles.
<Vedran> I usually aim for somewhere between a goat and a deer and he doesn't know any better @_@
<Aleyn> fair
<Aleyn> so does he just have one nap in the middle of the day now?
<Vedran> usually yes
<Aleyn> well, that's understandable. he's a busy man, lots of things to do, can't spend all day in bed.
* Macen orders the animals, placing them around the blocks.
* Macen peers at them and then giggles when they start sort of shambling around
<Vedran> oooh here we go
<Aleyn> oh, heh. right @_@
<Aleyn> that's gotta be... interesting.
<Vedran> it's a challlenge
<Vedran> Kier has me keeping a log
<Vedran> well and Marys too
* Aleyn nods
<Vedran> to figure out how often and how long he can do it
<Aleyn> is it the kind of thing that'll get stronger as he gets older?
<Vedran> he uses the animals a lot because some of them are jointed
<Vedran> yes
* Aleyn nods
<Vedran> Generally speaking, dragnomarks get more powerful the more you use them
<Vedran> well, their active powers, anyway
<Aleyn> right...
<Vedran> some of them are more subtle, like Brenn's
* Aleyn says as if he knows anything much about dragonmarks >.>
<Vedran> and it is less 'I'm goign to do this cool magic thing'
<Vedran> Del's seems like it is of that variety too
<Vedran> like, she can activate it specifically, but it is also more generally useful
<Vedran> Whereas, my froned Zann's is like - now I am wearing magic armour!
<Aleyn> but usually they activate when people are older, right?
<Aleyn> like teens, even adults?
<Vedran> well
<Vedran> most people get them when they are teenagers
<Vedran> a lot of times they manifest in response to stress
<Vedran> and, well
<Vedran> you've been a teenager
* Vedran teases
* Aleyn laughs
<Vedran> theoretically the can manifest at any time
<Aleyn> yes.
<Aleyn> .... so you could still have one, in theory?
* Aleyn sounds vaguely worried at that thought.
* Macen makes a game of moving blocks in and then out of the paths of the wandering creatures
<Vedran> I gave up on that a lot time ago
<Vedran> theoretically
<Vedran> but if my life hasn't been stressful enough in the past few years... I hate to think what would be :p
<Aleyn> good point :/
* Aleyn picks up the horse, which has wandered to bump up against his knee, and turns it around.
<Vedran> anyway
<Vedran> yeah the most we have seen him manage is about forty minutes over the course of one day
* Aleyn nods.
<Vedran> I'll warn you though that he does sometimes get really upset when they stop, because he doesn't undersnatd
<Aleyn> okay.
<Vedran> (understand)
<Aleyn> I'll be ready with distractions if that happens ;)
<Vedran> heh
<Vedran> well it is worse *before* naptime
<Vedran> so we might be okay today
<Aleyn> everything usually is, yeah.
<Aleyn> or close to bedtime.
<Macen> yup
* Vedran eyes his son
<Vedran> yup what, macen?
<Aleyn> you haven't truly lived until you've heard Alynna scream about how she's not tired.
* Aleyn looks over at Macen too
<Macen> up!
<Aleyn> you wanna go up?
* Macen point sat the jointed horse which is sort of climbing-ish
<Aleyn> oh, heh
<Vedran> I am.... not looking foerward to the screaming years
<Vedran> I have had a taste of them
* Aleyn chuckles
<Aleyn> Fortunately they don't usually last too long?
<Vedran> well, maybe :/
<Vedran> Changeover days are already bad
<Aleyn> at least, with my family, they mostly got drowned out.
<Vedran> heh
<Vedran> not enough people around here for that
* Aleyn nods.
<Aleyn> Girls are more shrill usually... so... there's that, I guess?
<Vedran> heh
<Aleyn> Tavya could always get heard over the noise of everyone else.
<Vedran> she's your youngest sister?
<Aleyn> Yeah.
<Aleyn> She always did like being the centre of attention ;)
<Vedran> only the two girls, right?
<Aleyn> That's right. Five boys, two girls.
* Vedran tries to keep all the Harrowden's straight
* Vedran smiles and shakes his head
<Aleyn> and they kind of go into two groups
<Vedran> how did you turn out so quiet? :o
<Aleyn> Me, Lystra and Maynard are the old ones, and then Bretyn, Tav and Len are the young ones. Ciryl was always kind of in the middle and ignored, I'm afraid ;)
<Aleyn> me? I guess I knew no one was listening ;)
<Vedran> he's the quiet one?
<Vedran> have I met him?
<Aleyn> No, not yet. He is really quiet, though, way more than me.
* Vedran says that, clearly >.>
<Vedran> yeah, I remember you saying that
<Aleyn> He's a good guy, just ... doesn't talk a lot.
<Aleyn> when he does, it's usually something important though.
* Vedran nods
<Vedran> I've known people like that
<Aleyn> and he's a hard worker. Lys is lucky to have him in the workshop still... he wants to start up his own shop.
<Vedran> doing the same stuff?
<Aleyn> No, something different. Maybe window glass.
<Vedran> fancy :)
<Vedran> well
<Vedran> differntly fancy
<Aleyn> it's not as flashy as ornate little gadgets, but it's hard.
<Vedran> I know it is a lot different, yeah
<Vedran> and hey, I lived in Overlook, let me tell you it can be plenty fancy @_@
<Aleyn> True :) stained glass, leaded glass, that's a whole other thing @_@
<Aleyn> can you tell they tried to make me a glassmaker too? ;)
* Vedran chuckles
<Vedran> hey macen do you want to come sit with daddy?
* Vedran holds his arms open, noticing the toys are starting to wind down
<Macen> dada!
<Aleyn> I have a trick, Macen. Do you want to see it?
* Macen beams
* Macen looks over at Aleyn curiously though
* Aleyn holds up his left hand, curled into a fist, and counts the fingers as he extends them, 1-2-3-4-5.
* Aleyn then holds up his right hand, same deal, and counts those fingers, 1-2-3....
<Aleyn> Huh, where'd they go?
* Macen grabs your fingers
<Macen> :o
* Aleyn turns his hand around to show Macen they're not folded down.
* Aleyn acts very surprised at this
* Vedran grins
<Aleyn> I have to take off my shoes and use my toes to count to ten.
<Macen> were?
<Aleyn> just all gone.
* Aleyn says with a smile.
* Macen pokes
* Aleyn lets him
<Macen> all done?
<Aleyn> yup, that's all I've got.
* Macen makes a face
<Aleyn> I mean, I can show you the counting again.
<Vedran> that's what happens when you bite people too hard
* Aleyn laughs.
* Vedran advises
<Aleyn> That's a good idea, don't bite people.
* Aleyn runs through the 1-5, then 1-3 routine again, smiling.
* Macen makes another face, but grins and examines Aleyn's hand all over again
* Macen then busies himself dropping blocks in Aleyn's lap
<Vedran> Careful there, bud >.>
* Aleyn puts his hands out to catch them, just to be on the safe side >.>
* Aleyn gives Vedran a little smile at that, though
<Aleyn> it's thoughtful of you to look out for me ;)
<Vedran> I have a vested interest ^-^
<Aleyn> mm, good.
* Aleyn lets his hand rest on your knee for just a little bit.
* Macen smiles
* Vedran does too :V