Childhood 2: Revenge of the Toy Aisle

MEANWHILE, AT THE HALL OF JUST-- Er, I mean... MAL-MART!

OUR BOLD HEROES SHOP FOR THE VARIED SUNDRIES NEEDED TO DEFEND--

Gaia: "Ooh! Toys!"

"Omigosh!"

"Ohmigosh pooooooonnnniiiiiiieeeeees <3 <3 <3"

"Ohmigosh!"

"Really? How old are you again?"

Gaia: "You are just jealous that I have openly embraced my inner child! You are all like "uuuh noooo I are not child uuuh" Do you hear that? That is how you sound, Gabe. So childish, and that's ironic, that's what that is. Now, if you will excuse me, there is a foam axe I have been eying and I want to make sure it's still here."

"Hmm."

"Hhmmmmmmm..."

 

 

 

Gaia: "AHA!"

Gabe: "Ahh! Wha--"

Gaia: "I knew you were just as much of a kid at heart as I am! This proves it!"

Gabe: "What? No!"

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I am not as much of a kid as Gaia is. The difference between she and I is that she actually buys all of this stuff at every possible chance. I don't most of the time I mean okay occasionally I am overwhelmed by nostalgia but it's almost never no really...

P.S. Sorry to all of you bronies out there but they don't actually make pony plushies like that. If they did, Gaia would have all of the ponies. Every. Last. One. Also yes she made some fan ponies. She says the green one's name is Minty Fresh.

P.P.S Any resemblance between Block-A-Ma-Jigs and a certain other brand of tiny building blocks is completely and totally coincidental. Yep.

P.P.P.S Can YOU spot the webcomic reference we slipped in there? It's such a small thing, but I think it's just so romantically apocalyptic.

P.P.P.P.S Sorry we took so long to update, by the way. We've been pretty busy (especially Gaia), but we'll try to do better from now on!

Feeling Catty

Purr purr purr purr purr purr purr

Purr purr purr purr purr purr purr

Gabe: "Oh, hey there furball."

Gaia: "Oh no! The kitty is being neglected! This is terrible!"

Gaia: "Don't worry. I love you. I'm not like Gabe, who ignores you and neglects you."

Gabe: "Listen to her, talking to the cat like it's people. That's just crazy. Don't you agree?"

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Yes, Gabe isn't actually touching the cat in the first couple of panels there. For some reason, she likes to be petted from a distance like that. You don't have to touch, just wiggle your fingers in her general direction and she's happy.

She's a strange beasty.

Of Cookies and Blackmail

 

Gabe: "Gaia! There are only two cookies left in this jar! I am officially calling dibs."

Gaia: "Okay."

Gabe: "I'm going ogre slaying! I still need nine ogre uvulas to complete the quest I got from that coven of tree witches. And there better be cookies here when I get back!"

Gaia: "Okay."

Gabe: "I'm not even kidding! I'll need a post-ogre snack. Do not eat those cookies."

Gaia: "Of course not! I would never eat the cookies while you were away and then blame their disappearance on kobolds and then hide all of the evidence so that you could never be 100% sure it was me."

Gabe: "I'm serious, Gaia. If you eat those cookies... I will reveal your dark, dark secret. I will reveal it to everyone."

Hmmm. There's no way he could know my secret... or is there?

Urgh... I can't read his expression at all...

His poker face is just too good!

 Gabe: "Okay, I'm off. Remember; dark secrets. Dark. Secrets."

Gaia: "Yeah... yeah... bye."

Gaia: "Okay, the coast's clear."

Gaia: "No, our secret is safe. For now."

Gaia: "Yes, we can still proceed with our plans. Everything will continue on schedule... And no, we're all out of stale bread. Stop asking."

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Fun game! Draw your own silly faces over Gabe's poker face, and let us see the results.

The Bakening: Cookiegeddon

Today, we are going to bake cookies! Because cookies are rad!

First! Butter! And only butter. None of that margarine nonsense. Nosirree bob.

Sugar! In white and brown!

Gabe: "Okay, Gaia! You add the eggs and start mixing it up! I'll go get out the flour and baking soda and stuff."

Okay, Gaia. You can do this. It's just an egg. It isn't that hard.

Just have to...

...be careful...

... and just crack the egg...

CAREFUL

Whew!

Gaia: "Hmm... I think... I think I see a crack! Just a few more hits like that, and this egg will be at mercy!"

Gaia: "Hmm...  maybe a few more..."
Gabe: "What's this? Why isn't that egg broken yet!?"
Gaia: "This isn't an eggxact science, Gabe! It's an art form!"
Gabe: "...Really. Hand the egg over."

Gabe: "Boop."

 

Gabe: "Boop. See? Easy as that."

Gaia: "Whaaaaaaa? How did you do that? Are you a witch?"
Gabe: "Don't be ridiculous. Now go sift the dry ingredients together while I finish up here."

Gabe: "Ovum, praecipio tibi frangere absque..."
Gaia: "Did you say something?"
Gabe: "Nope."

After mixing together all of your ingredients and spooning them onto a pan, put 'em in the oven!
Now you're done! Let 'em cool, and share them with your friends!

...Or, you know. Not.

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If you're curious, my favorite cookie recipe I've discovered thus far is this one, with some slight modifications. Halve the recipe, for starters. Oh, and I like using different kinds of pudding mix. Pistachio is good, and so are fudge and banana. The best, though, is Cookies 'N' Cream. It's just great! Also, I add a small splash of water to the mix to make the cookies softer (mine come out ever-so-slightly crunchy otherwise, which is fine too). For some reason, mine don't spread as much as the ones in that Instructable, but just stay in little lumps. Which is how I prefer them, anyway.

Eye of the Kitty

Gabe: "Cat! You are getting pretty chubby. Being overweight could carry with it serious health risks! But don't worry, we're going to fix you!"

Gabe: "Perhaps I didn't phrase that very well."

Gaia: "What he meant to say was that we're going to put you on a diet and give you plenty of exercise!"

Gabe: "Good enthusiasm."

Gabe: "Okay, let's see how much weight we've taken off!"
Gaia: "According to this... exactly zero pounds."
Gabe: "What!? Seriously?"
Gaia: "I guess we'll just have to keep trying! Being healthy requires persistence and--"
Gabe: "Nah. This was pretty amusing, but I'm bored with it now. Let's go watch TV instead. Cat, you can go back to your usual routine of laying around between bouts of stuffing your face."

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...Okay she's not that fat, it just seems like it when compared to our other cat, who is incredibly wiry, despite the fact that they eat roughly the same amount.