25 Unicorn Street- Friday morning except not

[throughaphase]

As mornings went, this one was pretty typical for the Barton household. There was coffee on while Kitty made breakfast that wasn't just sugar cereal, the dogs had been walked and the marshmallow snow had been cleaned off their feet, and Lexi was on the floor scribbling on some paper.

She did keep asking about the zoo, though. Because she was very new to this whole "concept of time" thing but she knew she'd been asking about it for a while now.


[For the fam.]

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[so_hawkward]

Clint was splitting his time between staring at the coffee maker like that would somehow make it brew faster, and giving Lucky some pets.

“Don’t make that sad face at me, ground marshmallows aren’t food, that’s why I took them away. I’m pretty sure all marshmallows don’t count as food actually,” he said, glancing to Kitty. “We might have to watch Lexi if we go outside, those tiny hands are fast.”

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"The zoo?" Lexi said, insistent, even if those diphthongs were not happening yet.

"That's tomorrow, sweetie," Kitty told her, and then to Clint said, "It's probably not the best day for something like the playground."

[so_hawkward]

"I can't even imagine how sticky that playground equipment is going to get," Clint said, making a face. "I'd say we'll have something better for the zoo tomorrow, but I don't want to be the one to jinx it."

[throughaphase]

"Zoo today," Lexi said. Maybe she was being impatient? Or maybe her parents were crazy.

She also did not have a concept of crazy yet.

[so_hawkward]

Which, really, was kind of miraculous considering how much crazy she'd already been exposed to.

"Sorry honey, but Daddy has to work today. I would much rather be going to the zoo, believe me. But it's only one more sleep away." That was kid sense, right?

[throughaphase]

"She's been on this literally all morning," Kitty said.

[so_hawkward]

"Are we those parents who spoil our kid and she's learned to play our emotions?" He'd been an easy mark from the start, so this was probably true even if it wasn't what was happening right now.

[throughaphase]

"I think only if we give in and take her to the Z-O-O," Kitty said.

Joke's on you, kid. You can't spell.

...They were going to have to take her to the zoo as soon as this was over.

[so_hawkward]

"I'm going to need you to help me be strong and not give in to that face," Clint said.

Lexi was definitely getting the best zoo trip ever later to balance out Clint's guilt.

[throughaphase]

"We're not going today. We both have work," she reminded him. "Like responsible adults."

Which they totally were.

[so_hawkward]

"I mean, I could probably trust folks to not burn down the place. Getting marshmallows in the gym equipment, on the other hand... the zoo will be a nice thing to look forward to."

Eventually, someday.

[throughaphase]

"And it's only one day."

Well. Technically. Sort of.