Dil and Savannah began helping Lily build a sandcastle as they helped place sand into the bucket. Dil caught him staring at the blonde two year old for a while before deciding to speak up again.
"So uh, I never seen yous here afore. Did you and your sisters move here with your mommy and daddy?" Dil asked curiously
"Nuh uh, we're just here on vacation." Lily answered, shaking her head in response
"Oh, well I hopes you haves all the fun here afore you get to go backs home." Dil said
"I'm going to try! It's at least nicer not to be stuck on the potty all the times." Lily responded
"The potty? You can use the potty?" Savannah asked
"Mhm, ever since I turned two a little while ago my mommy and daddy have been potty training me. I think they said they were going to try and send me to preschool when all my siblings go backs to school." Lily answered
"Wow...even our friends' mommy and daddies and my mommy and daddy haven't even talkeded about sending them and my brother to preschool yets. I thought you had to be three like my mean cousin Angelica was when she started going." Dil said in awe
"Hmm maybe at my place they let two year olds start preschool? Im not sure about going though. I like staying home with mommy and daddy all day." Lily said, flipping over the bucket of sand they had just finished filling
"Im sure preschool will be funs! My cousin Angelica and my friend Susie says they always had fun stuffs to do in preschool." Dil reassured the blonde
"I'll takes your word for it." Lily said, patting the bottom of the bucket with her left hand.
Lily let out a giggle as she lifted the bucket from the ground, the sand partially forming into a castle while the top half collapsed.
"Hmm this sandycastle needs more water. I'll go gets my bucket and gets some!" Savannah said, rising to her feet before running off back to where their belongings were to grab her pink Dora the Explorer bucket leaving Dil with Lily.
"Okay!" Lily said with a grin as she watched Savannah head off as she looked over to Dil. "So do you have any brothers or sisters?" Lily proceeded to ask the orange haired one year old
"Yeah, over there with your brother!" Dil said, turning to point to Tommy who was reading the Ace Savvy comic with Lincoln, giggling happily. "That's my big bro, Tommy!"
"Neat! Lincoln's really cool, especially when we get to play superheroes like that picture book he's reading." Lily said with a grin
"Oh you like superheroes?" Dil asked
"Uh huh, especially Ace Sabby, which is the one my brother likes." Lily answered with a nod
"Ace Sabby sounds cool, have you ever heard of Reptar or Goober the gopher?" Dil asked again
"Oh yeah! I've heard of them afore but I don't think I ever really seen the shows on TB a lot. It's kinda hard to watch when you have a bunch of sisters and a brother who fights over it all the time." Lily answered, shaking her head at the thought of her siblings fighting over the TV. "Maybe I can watch it more while my sisters and brother are at school. Preschool doesn't last all day...I think." Lily added on
"Hmm well Angelica and Susie went to preschool all day but then again maybe that's only for the biggerer kids." Dil pipped in
"Hopefully." Lily said hopefully
Meanwhile, Savannah was dragging her bucket, partially full of water as most of it spilled on the way over to where Dil and Lily were sitting.
"I gots the water!" Savannah called out to the other two "Great! Dumps it over here!" Dil grinned
Savannah tipped over the bucket in the sand in front of the two toddlers, getting it wet enough for it to stick better.
"Thanks Savannah, now we can make really big sandcastles." Lily thanked Savannah
"It was nothing." Savannah said as she plopped back down next to Dil
"Now I just need my shovel." Lily giggled
Spotting it on the left, between himself and Lily , Dil reached over to pick it up as at the same time Lily reached out to grab it as well as both of their hands met. Looking up to each other the both just stared at each other for a brief moment before Lily moved her hand.
"Oops." Lily giggled followed by Dil also letting out a small giggle
"Here you goes." Dil said handing the shovel over to her with a smile
"Thanks." Lily thanked Dil as she took the shovel, beginning to shovel the sand into the bucket as Savannah filled up her own bucket with sand
Meanwhile, nearby Didi was going around to each of the Rugrats as the parents all had decided to bring popsicles for the kids to snack on already having given everyone one besides Tommy, Dil, and Savannah. Spotting the trio playing together Didi cooed seeing they were all playing together.
"Aww isn't that sweet, it seems like you all are making new friends."
At the same time Rita was going over to get Lily to check on her as she also spotted the trio playing together
"Now that's adorable." Rita cooed walking over to check on her youngest
Inevitably, Didi and Rita soon met up with each other while checking on the kids.
"Oh hello there, I'm guessing this is your daughter?" Didi greeted
"Oh hi, yes this is my daughter Lily. I'm Rita, her mother." Rita returned the greeting introducing herself
"Nice to meet you Rita, I'm Didi and this one here is my youngest son Dylan, and his friend Savannah." Didi said before handing the popsicles over to Dil and Savannah to snack on. "Would Lily like a popsicle, I can get her one as well if you don't mind?" Didi asked
"If it's alright with you, sure, I don't want to take your kids' snacks." Rita waved her hand
"Oh it's no problem at all really." Didi said, quickly going to grab another popsicle from the cooler and brought it over to Lily. "Here you go sweetie."
"Hank you!" Lily cooed, thanking Didi for the treat
"Is she your first?" Didi asked Rita curiously as Rita chuckled
"Oh no, far from it. I have 10 more running around here starting with Lily here being the youngest and my oldest a teen. All girls and one boy." Rita explained
"I can only imagine the handful they all could be." Didi stated
"They can be, but my husband Lynn and I love them all very much. Right now we're working on getting Lily into the preschool we have back at home." Rita continued
"Already? She looks like she only just turned two." Didi questioned
"She did, actually a couple weeks ago. The Baby Bunker preschool program in Royal Woods is accepting children as early as two as long as they're potty trained." Rita explained
"Fascinating, and how is she taking to potty training?" Didi asked, "I can provide some tips if needed."
"Oh no need, it's going pretty well. A couple hiccups and accidents but luckily I think she's got it down." Rita answered "Plus, when you have ten other kids you've had to potty train, you learn a thing or two." Rita continued with a chuckle.
"I guess you've got me there. I only have my two boys. Tommy seems to have taken an interest in what that boy is reading over there." Didi said pointing out the purple headed toddler who was still looking at Ace Savvy comics with Lincoln
"Ah that's my one son Lincoln, he's really big on those Ace Savvy superhero comics right now." Rita said
"Sounds like my Tommy but with Reptar the dinosaur." Didi chuckled
Leaving Dil, Savannah, and Lily to eat their popsicles, Didi and Rita continued to chat amongst each other as they walked away from the trio who were eating their popsicles.
"I didn't know you could talk to the grown ups, Lily." Savannah said as she placed the popsicle back in her mouth
"Oh yeah, I've been working on it. They can kinda understand me but it's still something we're working ons." Lily grinned
Dil just looked at the two year old in awe, not only was she going to be starting preschool and two but she also was able to mostly communicate with the older kids and adults. Not even Tommy was that good with communicating yet besides a few more words and phrases. To him, Lily was no ordinary baby. No normal baby has ever made it feel like he had butterflies in his tummy that were doing a bazillion flips. "She was the most beautifulest baby he had ever sawed." according to Dil's own thoughts
"Dil! Hey Dil! Are you okays?" Savannah asked, slightly shaking her friend who hadn't moved or said anything for a moment
Startled, Dil snapped out of his thoughts, dropping his popsicle in the process getting it covered in sand
"Oh no I droppeded my popsicle." Dil whined seeing that he could no longer eat the popsicle, not wanting to eat the sand
"Here, you can have some of mine if you wants! It's strawberry." Lily said, breaking the popsicle in half, handing Dil the other half. Luckily Didi had gotten the popsicles that were technically shareable
"Really? Thanks Lily, you're the bestest!" Dil thanked as he grabbed the other half of the popsicle she was offering to him.
Savannah frowned for a moment as she continued eating her popsicle. Lily just shared her popsicle with him, even though she could have done that too. Finishing up their popsicles, Savannah, Lily, and Dil used the popsicle sticks to place in their sandcastles before Lily stood up.
"I'll be back, I gots to potty." Lily said before toddling over to Rita
Dil sighed in happiness as Lily toddled away.
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