Oct 24, 2014

The Alto Family of Sunlit Tides


We're back in Sunlit Tides with the Alto family. The last we knew about them was that Griffin had joyfully arrived to the adult age, just like his wife Sandy did before him.


As Griffin's Lifetime Wish was "Surrounded by Family", the Altos should raise five children from infants to teens. To this moment they had four already, from which Amina, the oldest, was already a teen. And Aidan, the third, still an infant.


. The next to celebrate his birthday was Adam.


He was the second son of the Altos to go from child to teen, just like his older sister.


But for Griffin's dream to be fullfilled, other three children should turn into teens.



It would take quite a while for that to happen, cause Aidan was still an infante and Alexis a newly born. By the way, after Amina, the altos had had only boys, so they wanted with all their heart that their fifth baby would be a girl. This would make things more balanced.


Obviously, having the family grown this much, the small house Sandy had rented upon her arrival to Sunlit Tides wasn't enough now. So the Altos decided to move.


Fortunately, Sandy and Griffin had done so well at their jobs that they were able to buy a bigger and prettier house, which, in additions, was right by the sea.


The moving was kind of tiring, but at last there would more space for the large family that were the Altos.


"Okay now, let the fifth child arrive whenever he wants", Griffin thought while they settled down.


 Sandy should be asked what she thinks about that.


Days later, Alexis became an infant, which his little brother Aidan didn't like so much.


It's just that Alexis demanded too much attention, but who would get enough of that in such a large family? Sandy and Griffin could barely keep up with this pair. They had put everything on hold: careers, vacations, traveling, even simple diversions like watching TV, just to take care of the two little tyrants. So - Griffin's dream was to have a super family? Well, there it was. The situation was maddening - and there was still a child to be born!


Thankfully the had the help of Amina, who seemed to like Aidan a lot. It's not the same with Alexis, he's too demanding for her.


But taking care of at least one of her little brothers has returned peace to Griffin and Sandy.


 "Thank you, Amina, how can we pay you for what you do for us?" 


Amina knows well how: "Hmm, what about a new desktop computer and complete beach wardrobe?" Aidan agrees if the reward includes a new toy. It seems like the Alto kids have turned out to be as business savvy as their parents. Maybe even more so...

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