#Present Store

[aclue-aclue]

Early neighborhood sketches from Blue's Clues & You! by Electric Pencil Productions.

[dropoutdottv]

Have you checked out the Dropout Store lately? If not, you're missing out on: the complete Game Changer: One Year Later set, including Jacob Wysocki Super Saiyan T-Shirt, Kingston Brown Plush, and Samuel Dalton pin AND the Investment Account Inc. Company Retreat shirt (and we've restocked the Game Changer tote bag!); the Cameron Esposito: Four Pills collection (Middle of the Night Gardening Club shirt & crewneck and Brain Meds hat); for prospective members of the Smartypants Society, an "Ex Absurdo Scientia" pin and a Smartypants desk mat!

[marciaillust]

bro fuck it im workposting. i did illustrations, i storyboarded, i directed. I did many cool things in 2024 and millions of people all over the world saw em. that has to count for something

[aclue-aclue]

Every day i lament that I wasn't able to protect that smile. Look at him, no job, no bills, he's probably thinking about ice cream.

"Every day is a gift... that you pay for."

Joe and Steve in Blue's Big City Adventure

[rottengurlz]

she’s like if the virgin mary smoked a pack of pall malls every day 🚬

[ink-the-artist]

on one hand ai might take my job. on the other hand being on r/mineralgore around christmas while the crystal coffee mug scam was going around was really fucking funny. so whos to say really

[kirby-the-gorb]

(as always, no obligation, but if you wanna do something for my birthday, my kofi is in the pinned post, or I will always gladly accept kirby drawings <3 )

[treibholz-des-universums]

Brb gonna teach myself how to make my own jewelry in one day

[aclue-aclue]

Honestly we need an episode that takes place in the New York City Present Store. The aesthetic is so cool, and I would like to see some other staff because let's be honest, Joe can't work on three (four with the North Pole) at the same time.

[monbons]

Carry On Countdown Day 24: Holiday Shopping

Finding the tiniest of holiday essentials at a full-sized Target is hard work, but Simon and Baz made a date of it anyway.

Today's pocket surprise: A Santa hat

@carryon-countdown

[verysmallcyborg]

[ She who wields the strength of the Lily Knight ]

ryssrael is @oneiroy's

before fornax's passing, they told ryss that if she were ever in need of a weapon, that she was welcome to take their sword from their resting place. she WOULD be the only one who could remove it anyways, since they knew they could entrust their strength to her

[honeyjars-sims]

Part 2 1.01 A Big Splash

It's a typical Saturday morning, and as usual, I slept in. As hard as it is to drag myself out of bed, I know I have things to do today, so into the shower I go.

While I'm getting ready, I can't help but reflect on my recent birthday. It's hard to believe how much has happened over my lifetime, or even just in the past 10 years. In a lot of ways, I still feel like that same kid who thought he knew everything but had so much to learn. If I could go back and tell him what was about to happen in his life, I don't think he'd believe me. Sometimes, I still don’t believe it.

As I head downstairs, I hear the familiar sound of Paul stirring something in a bowl and briefly wonder what he's making before chuckling to myself. I already know it's pancakes. It's always pancakes, but I can't complain about the predictability when I know they're going to be delicious. 

I make it downstairs and the girls are so busy helping that they don't even notice I've come down.

Well, Rachel is helping, at least. She has her own bowl and is standing on the footstool at the island stirring away. Chelsea, however, can't be trusted with anything that we plan to eat unless I'm there to supervise. Otherwise we run the risk of having a secret ingredient–toddler slobber or animal hair or whatever else has ended up on her grubby little hands. 

I sneak up behind her and give her a little tickle. She turns around. “Dada!” she squeals, as I scoop her up and give her a squeeze.

“Good morning, my loves,” I say.

“Dada, we’re making pancakes!” Rachel tells me, as though I should be surprised by this revelation. 

“I see that. I can’t wait to try them.” 

“What are you in the mood for this morning?” Paul asks me. “We’re out of bananas, but we have plenty of blueberries and strawberries.”

I come up behind him, wrapping my arms around his waist. “I'm in the mood for some of this,” I say, and he turns his head to meet my lips.

 “Lucky for you, there’s always plenty of that.”

Rachel and Paul finish the pancakes and we all scarf them down. It’s times like this when I wish we had more space. There’s not enough room for a dining table in our townhouse.

Chelsea insists she doesn’t need a high chair but can’t reach the barstools, so she ends up having most of her meals on the couch. Which is why the pillows smell like maple syrup and feel sticky.

Once we’ve finished breakfast, Rachel has a request. “Can we go to the splash pad? Please?

“Yeah, Dada, pwease?” Chelsea echoes. How can I say no to that?

The splash pad isn’t far but we have to drive, which means packing up everything we need and getting the kids secured in their seats. And of course, they want our dog Tucker to come with us.

Once we arrive, though, it’s worth all the effort. The girls love splashing around in the water...and yeah, so do Paul and I. 

“This was a good idea,” I tell Paul once we take a little break from the water.

“Yeah, it’s a beautiful day. We should do this more often, especially now that Chelsea’s getting older.”

“True, it’s a lot easier going out now that she’s not a baby anymore. Although…”

Paul sighs. “John,” he warns. He knows exactly what I’m hinting at.

“I’m just saying, she’s getting so big. I miss having a baby around.”

“So do I, but it would be much harder to have days like this with a newborn. Besides, we barely have space in the house for the four of us.”

“Exactly. We’re already outgrowing the house, so we might as well upgrade to something bigger and fill it with more babies.”

I gesture over to a lot across from the splash pad. “Look how close the Hopewell Commons expansion is. They have bigger units there. If we lived there we could just walk to the splash pad. Imagine how much the kids would love that.”

“Well, there has to be a unit available first,” Paul points out. “But I suppose we can let Gail and Ellie know we’re interested so they can let us know when something opens up.”

“Cool. So baby time?”

“I’m not saying no, but can we think about it a little more?”

“Yeah sure,” I agree. Sometimes Paul’s need to consider every possible angle before making a decision can be a bit frustrating, but I have to admit it’s helpful to have someone to reel me in sometimes. It’s a nice balance–a little chaotic, a little structured, and a lot of fun. 

Once again my thoughts turn to the past. Paul and I have been together for almost 10 years now. When I turned 20, I had no idea that my roommate would end up being my husband. That was certainly a year of discovery for me. And with a new home and a new baby possibly on the horizon, year 30 is shaping up to be quite an adventure as well. 

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[elizabethzoopzoop986]

I don’t know how tbhk is gonna end nor do I know what I want to happen to Hanako, Nene and Kou. But what I do know is that Aoi and Akane should get married, and Aoi will be a girlboss millionaire ceo and Akane should be her trophy wife that stays home and raises the 495747 kids there gonna have and if that doesn’t happen I’m gonna riot.

[beedragony]

coping with my grief over Elodie’s death by writing her alive and well in a silly little jerejean au

[eddiesxangel]

Christmas gifts from my aunt (who works at a sex shop) LMAOOOOOOO

[psychedelic-charm]

Happy 46th birthday, Joe! Whoops, I mean Donovan Patton.

I noticed that Joe is the only one of the hosts to not have a heroic persona, so I decided to create a Superman-style heroic persona for him.

Hilariously, the date is just a coincidence.

Art Commissioned with: @/lualu_art on twitter.

His power is that he can put anything in a gift box and he can fly with balloons. Though i need a name. Present Man? Gifter? Super Box ?