*ouchie* poor Spike, that must have hurt, but it was soooo worth it.
And I'm so happy he had a nice birthday too. Loved the cake.:)

I liked Mlle.Deschanel ("Bones, I presume ? lol) The principal was a snot tho.

OMG LOL Annie cracks me up, poor Spike that question floored him. She is definitely Spike and Buffy's daughter. I love her. And Spike has to beat Xander's record...I mean seriously Xander...ten? lol

btw I love all the pics you use for this story and this chaper had some great ones. Loved the JM one in the middle. Yummy!

Feel free to keep Hallie outta the story for a while...annoying bint. :P

Loved the chappie...*hugs*

Author's Response: Hi AMI! yes, when I looked up french names and Deschanel came up as a common french name, I *HAD* to use it... Yes, I still love Bones ... and DB on Bones. What can I say?

Spike really can't imagine Annie as a grown up ... Buffy's gonna have to restrain him when she brings her first boy home! LOL! Yes, that question totally got away with him ... I'm totally sure he can easily beat Xander's 10! LOL!

Oh yeah, that JM one in the middle is just ... swoony-hot! Glad you like the pictures ... they can sometimes take a really long time to find and insert, so it's good to hear that you're enjoying them!

Hallie will return when the angst returns, but it won't be for a while, so, you can rest easy for a bit. Will have a new story for Christmas ... mostly angst-free ... then we'll get back to the business of putting our Spuffy couple through hell next year ... :O

Thanks soooooo much for your reviews! They always make me laugh!

-P4S 2010.12.18

This was a nice and funny chapter. I must say I loved the picture of the cake. Did you make it or did you just find a picture that went well with the story?

Author's Response: Hi magnus! Glad you enjoyed the chapter and got some laughs. No, I didn't make the cake ... just got lucky and found that picture online. It was actually a cake a child decorated as the 'solar system' - the circles were originally planets and the big one was the sun ... I just adapted it - got lucky that there were just enough circles to go around! LOL!

Thanks so much for reading and reviewing ... will have a bit more soon!! -P4S 2010.12.17

The “Weckerly Way” seems to involve a lot of singing and storytelling. Wonder if Buffy and Spike ever considered recording a disk for their kids and writing down their stories in a family journal just for their kids. Annie’s characterization is adorable, loved reading about her pout and folding of her arms in front of her chest. Would love to read more about the twins cooing or even grunting for stuff . Also, since big sis Annie is so intelligent, perhaps the twins could be taught to sign. I read that hearing babies that are taught simple sign language in their early development, can express themselves…hungry, sleepy, wet, tired or in pain. That would come in handy to big sis and everyone else around the twins.

Now as for making up between Buffy and Spike, nothing says I’m sorry like flowers and jewelry from Spike and naughty nightwear for Buffy. They really are acting like old married’s with kids.

The school that Annie is going to sounds like it will stimulate her intelligence and imagination….like figuring out how to say “orgasm” in many different languages! Hee Hee! Poor Spike, if his heart were still beating, he would have had a heart attack! He really should learn to tell Annie that little girls don’t talk about orgasms before they are married because it would give their Papa’s a heart attack!

Spike needs to tell Anya that her word vomit needs to be filtered around children, though he could always have a gag ready at hand to use on her. Perhaps, Spike can get the wicca’s to put a “no sex talk” protection spell in the mansion for Anya. It would be the equivalent of a dog shock collar to train her to act like a responsible adult around her child and other kids. Can’t wait to see what happens next!


Author's Response: Hi Vette! Glad you're liking the Weckerly family ... I really love writing them! I'll try to get the twins more involved -- I'm just not good with babies - I like words! LOL! That's interesting about the signing thing - I never knew that! I'll see if I can work that in.

The next chapter will cover some of that making up that you're speaking of ... no worries! You know Spike's such a romantic devil! Emphasis on devil! :D

Yeah, that would've been a good thing to tell Annie about the word orgasm ... but she'd just keep asking 'why?' ... I don't think Anya knew Annie was listening ... but little ears can hear a lot - esp when we don't want them to! LOL!

Thanks so much for reading and your wonderful reviews! I love your ideas!

Will have more soon! -P4S 2010.12.16