Counting Snowflakes

Goodbye cuddly toddler hello childhood. Penny was more then thrilled to finally be a child she couldn't wait for school the next morning it was going to be the best day ever. 

"Penny honey what are you doing?" Micah asked as his daughter stared out the window. 

"Counting snowflakes ten more and the bus will be here!" She said and he shook his head with a chuckle. There was something special about Penny he knew that and it had only amplified as she got older. 

Sure enough only moments later the bus showed up. 

As expected school was a lot of fun and Penny had made several friends including the most important friend of all Colton. He had been reluctant at first when she had enthusiastically told him that they would be best friends but when she had given him her pudding at lunch he readily agreed to come over after school. She of course knew pudding would do the trick after all Colton loved pudding. The two friends spent hours in the yard playing in the snow. 

A few days later Stacy aged into a toddler. She made sure to show exactly how big of a pain she was going to be right from the start.  Of course being the only toddler in the house her Daddy was always quick to her rescue.

Unfortunately that night a burglar decided to target their home and make off with their bathtub. Micah had expected a faster response from the police since he had called them the moment he heard something in the house but of course they showed up long after the thief had fled. 

"My apologies Mr. Groves but the thief has gotten away." The officer said having the decency to at least look embarrassed. 

"Who steals a bath tub?" Micah asked him incredulously. 

"Its actually quite a common occurrence." The officer shrugged. 

Now that her sister was big enough Penny made sure to spend time playing with her after all Stacy would be a very important part of her life. Though she did still spend the majority of her time with Colton. 

"Butterflies? That's so girly." He wrinkled his nose at her suggestion.

"Catching butterflies will be an important thing for you later you know." She told him.

"You're so weird Pen." He rolled his eyes at her. "Lets just play tag."

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A/N

Kind of a filler though there were two age ups. I was going to do another party but after the last one I wasn't sure I wanted to risk it lol. I do plan on doing one for Penny's teen birthday though. The stinking burglar came after I had already built an extension so I couldn't replace the bath tub so they are out one until the next time Micah gets paid. As usual thanks for reading.  =)