#summer gilbert

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SG: Sydney, can you please eat that somewhere else? I’m starving and you’re not helping!

Summer: Just eat something already, Mama won’t know. You’re so hangry.

SG: She will! She’s following me - every time I even think about going into the kitchen, she’s there!

Summer: Whatever. Are you more excited to get married or to get to eat again?

SG: Uhm.... both, I think. Definitely both. Sav’s going to lose her mind though, she’s already cried herself to sleep twice this week - 

Seven: Stella, did you know that if you didn’t eat for a long time, you could die? My book says - 

Summer: Oh shut up, Seven. No one cares. Anyway...

Summer: Don’t worry about Sav, she’s too sensitive. She’ll get over herself. 

SG: Or she’ll play mopey violin the entire time I’m away on my honey moon and you’ll be begging me to get a divorce and move back home just to stop her.

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The Gilbert Backyard, San Sequoia 

SG: Hey Seven.. what are you up to? Mama sent me to find you for chores.

Seven: Science project. Go away, I have important science to do!

SG: Erm, Seven - you know science is against the watcher’s word. 

Seven: The Watcher invented science. Science is against Mama’s word, not His. I’m doing chemistry right now - the Watcher invented that too. I read it in that book you gave me.

SG: Oh... right. 

Seven: You can leave now. I want to do science, not chores. Unless you want to learn about science too?

SG: Uhm... sure, why don’t you teach me about science, then maybe we can talk about why the Watcher says science is a sin! And why you’re not wearing your shoes again - you know it makes mama mad.

Seven: I don’t like shoes. Or chores. I do like science. Now, what I’m doing here is making a volcano that’s going to explode like the real ones do. Except it’s not real, of course. It’s just an experiment. 

SG: And the Watcher made volcanos?

Seven: NO. Volcanos are made when magma explodes from the earth, the cools and hardens into rocks. That’s the volcano, duh. 

SG: So the Watcher made the magma?

Seven: No, the earth’s core made the magma. And the Watcher didn’t make that either so don’t ask.

Summer: Stellaaaaa Mama sent me to look for you and Seven, she thought you'd be back ages ago - what’s going on?

Seven: I’m doing science! And it’s very important so you both need to leave, now. You’re being too loud.

Summer: You can’t speak to us like that! You need to obey us - 

SG: Save it, Summer. She’s not gonna listen. We can split up her chores so we’ll still get them done. Mama won’t care who does them, as long as they’re done.

Summer: Fine. Bye, Seven. Have fun with your science.

Seven: Can you just leave already?

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Today was an important day for our family - we’re moving! We planned to add extensions to the house, but it was getting so expensive that we couldn’t afford it. But we trusted the Watcher to provide, and He did! Since Sam’s sister has gone to university, his parents have decided to move to a smaller house and so blessed us with their old house! It’s the perfect size for our growing family!

We took one last family picture at our old house - it’s hard to believe that just ten years ago Sam and I moved in here together!

Before we moved out completely, we gifted the triplets with their birthday present - bikes! I don’t really know if bikes are appropriate for young women, but Sam says he spoke with Pastor Andrews and confirmed it was acceptable. Praise the Watcher for a headship that is so invested in his daughters’ modesty!

Sam and Seamus had some special daddy-son time to learn how to ride the bike. Seamus seemed a little unsure, but Sam cheered him on and encouraged him!

Summer picked up bike riding so fast - she didn’t even need Sam’s help! She did try to taunt her brother a bit and Seamus started crying. I had to remind Sam that it’s not manly to cry, then send Summer to time-out for being un-Watcherly. 

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The triplets have arrived and our little house will never be quiet again! I love the chaos though, it reminds me of home in Sulani.

We had such a hard time picking three names at once, but we finally decided that our triplets are Summer (pink), Seamus (green), and Sydney (blue). Seamus was born first (I bet he’ll be a future leader in the church!), then Summer, then Sydney is our youngest sweet triplet!

Stella Grace is enamoured with her little siblings. She’s going to be the best big sister! I can’t say the same for Sadie though - she poked one of the babies too hard so I had to send her to sit in time out in the living room. I’d really hoped she might be a good helper with the children, but I may have to rethink that plan. Thank the Watcher for Stella Grace! It’s such a blessing to have a daughter for your oldest child - she’ll be a big help once she ages up!

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Sam and I are going on a baby moon! That’s right, we’re expecting again! How blessed are we? It’s just one baby this time - another girl! - but still, to get pregnant again so quickly it must mean the Watcher has blessed us. We’re leaving the girls with Effie - she’s just turned 14, so it’s totally legal and they’ll be fine for a week. Susan will check in on them just to be safe though. You can’t be too careful with your most precious belongings - your children!

I spent some quality time with the girls before we headed out - sweet Stella Grace always falls asleep listening to the soothing words of the Watcher, and then I had some cuddle time with baby Summer. The triplets are infants now, which is such an exciting time!