#month legacy

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May and Mya are teenagers! Mya loves music, and has started to play great grandma Cassandra's piano. May decided to die her hair to match Miki's, without asking permission. She got hair dye all over the place and had to clean it up, but her new hair feels perfect.

They started high school the day after their birthday. May immediately started trying to cause some trouble. The first year class all went to the Copperdale library after the first day of school to get to know each other and have some fun.

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Once Apollo moved out, everyone was able to have their own bedrooms. The girls were ready for a little more independence and individuality, and excited to set up their rooms how they wanted, even though all their clothes and furniture were still matching.

When Max became a child, March decided it was time to take all the kids on a vacation. They went to Granite Falls and stayed at a cabin. She bought the kids each a bicycle, and they spent their days roasting marshmallows and practicing their biking while March looked for bugs. March also helped the girls each pick out a new outfit, ones that didn't match! They were so excited!

Back home, Max and May broke out his favorite present, sent by his Grandpa William. A Voidcritter Battle Station!

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Apollo had been working hard on his brother's farm ever since he graduated early from high school. He missed hanging out with people his own age, and he very much wanted to find a love like April and Miki have. Then one day he met a mystery girl who came to shop at the farm store. She didn't stay around long enough for him to get her phone number, so as soon as he became an adult and could access his trust fund, he left to see if he could find her. He remembered she talked about growing up in Sulani, so that's where he started.

Little did Apollo know that April and Miki have been having relationship problems since the beginning. March is completely smitten, but for Miki the most important thing is feeling secure and adored. With the farm, and the three small children, making time for each other was hard. They both had fears of being left alone.

April had always wanted a dog as a child, and now that his kids were here, he wanted them to experience what he missed out on. Plus, having a dog around is an excellent way to protect the chickens from foxes.

After a lot of big thinking and discussion, April and March decided to connect the farmstead to city power and water. April still thinks the environmental lessons he learned from March are important to pass on to the kids, but off the grid farming had just become unfeasble.

March retired from her career, and leaned in on being the best Granny should could be. She taught the girls how to cook, made new toys for the kids, and upgraded a lot of appliances. Max and Mya were two peas in a pod and spent a lot of time playing long, rambling, imagination games.

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April's Dad, William, came to meet the twins, and that intro went much better. He loves to pop around in the evening, just as the girls are getting settled into bed.

Miki absolutely loves being a mother. They met all their milestones, and were constantly being entertained by the other residents, including the cat and their great grandma, February.

With the help of March, Miki set up a little farm store, so they could sell their produce and crafted items.

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May and Mya couldn't be more different. May has straight red hair, Mya has curly brown. May is wiggly, Mya is cautious. Jensen came over to meet the twins and immediately regretted it. They aren't even his *real* grandchildren!

Soon it was time for the Big Summer Blowout! Apollo was excited for the fireworks and bonfire. So excited that he wasn't taking proper safety measures, and caught on fire. February was a little too enthusiastic about that, but she did help him extinguish the fire before he died.

Speaking of dying, March's brother Maximillian died on the same day, trying to plug an extension cord into another extension cord too close to a pool.

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Hana graduated high school and planned a trip to visit April. He took her to the Finchwick Fair where he was entering the contests. Seeing her after so long, he was overwhelmed with love for her. They walked over to the bridge and he popped the question. Of course she said yes! She suggested they elope right away. They'd known each other for so long, and she knew he was her destiny. She didn't even mind that he hadn't had a chance to shower that day, and smelled very much like a working farmer.

Hana offered to help out by running a farm stand and selling all the things they produced. This has been a great addition to their family finances.

Knowing that it's probably strange for her living family to have her around, February has taken on most of the daily house chores, along with helping with the animals. Nothing scares her anymore, not even the dryer bursting into flames. Ghosts can't burn!

Life on the farm was easy, fun, and relatively stress free, except for when February caught on fire. Hana and March get along well, the animals are thriving, and the crops are growing.

They couldn't wait to get started on their family, and very shortly after they got married, Hana and April welcomed May and Mya to the world. No one was expecting twins, and with February still taking up a bedroom, they were out of room to put the babies. March decided to use a long weekend to renovate part of the barn and turn it into a works space and bedroom for herself. She still working, so having a place far away from crying infants is very important to her.

April is doing great with his farm. He's even found a way to cross a cow with a plant! It's a lot of work every day, and after the twins were born it felt like they were all just barely making it through the day. Apollo came home from school one day and announced that he was eligible for early graduation! He doesn't want to go to university, but they all agreed that it would be really helpful for him to accept the offer and then be around to help with the farm and the babies.

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April found an old farmhouse on a giant plot of land and the whole family moved. The bedrooms and bathrooms were small, but it had the space for the animals and crops he wanted to have. It even had a pond well stocked with fish.

April invited William over to see the new house, and he decided to interrupt March and Jensen to remind March all about the good times they used to have. Jensen was furious. And they had a huge fight about it.

Apollo asked for a very small birthday party, just his friend Evelyn from school, and his favorite cousin Rose.

March and Jensen tried really hard to remember why they loved each other, but at the end, Jensen just hated the country, and couldn't get over his jealously of William. March refused to move back to the city, wanting to stay with April and help him get settled in his new life, so they divorced.

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Hana and April had a great time at prom. It was obvious to everyone but them that they were in serious, big time, love Hana was nervous about dancing in front of everyone, so April took her outside where they were able to ignore the crowds and just focus on each other. He was very proud that Hana won prom royal, and his cousin Jackie won prom jester. He got pictures with his cousins, Nicole, Jackie, Vincente, and Rose. The next morning everyone at home was excited to hear all about the night, although he didn't tell them about his ride on the Tunnel of Love during the afterparty!

On Monday, at school, April asked Hana if she would be his partner, and she said yes! He invited her home after school to meet his family, and minutes after they arrived, February died of old age! Hana, being a very considerate guest did a little tidying up and then went home so she wasn't intruding on a private family moment.

February found that she wasn't quite ready to move on, even though she wants to be reunited with her big loves, Cassandra and Anjelo. She wanted to see Apollo and April grow up more, and also fulfill her last big life goal of woohooing in a pile of leaves.

The whole family attended her funeral, wearing her favorite color, red.

April was about to graduate high school, and he and Hana were very worried about what it would do to their relationship if they could no longer see each other every day. They took a trip to a park and promised to wait for each other.

April's birthday party was, once again, mostly family. But this time it was by his choice. The death of February reminded him of the importance of these long term relationships. His father came, even though March could barely stand the sight of Wiliam, she knew it was important to April, and promised to be nice.

When blowing out the candles on his cake, he decided it was time to tell the family that he really wanted to be a farmer. Growing up in an eco house was such a huge influence on him, and he really wanted to be even closer to the land.

Jensen was very sad to leave their custom home behind, but March insisted that she and Apollo were moving to help and support March, so he grudgingly agreed to come.