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"I can't believe we're so close to her first birthday! It's going to be brilliant," Alec grinned. "Better than our birthday!" "As long as our eighteenth is the best birthday ever, she can have all the second best birthdays she wants," Xander said with a little nod.

"It is really hard to believe!" Alec gasped. "She's so old now!" Xander snickered, glancing at Dark. "Indeed. Really old." He looked at Ivy in her stroller. "But, yeah, it is hard to believe she's that old already."

Alec and Xander dutifully clapped and cheered with Alec being, admittedly, the more enthusiastic one. They then helped to pick up and pack everything up with Xander doing the final check to ensure they hadn't forgotten anything. "That was awesome," Alec said, holding Ivy's hand lightly as they...

"Oh, I thought you were going to do that thing I've seen some parents do where they hold onto their kid from the side and guide them down," Alec said, demonstrating with his arms. "Hold her and slide? Cool," Xander said, impressed. The idea wouldn't have occurred to him, though he didn't know...

"You might he able to get one good slide," Alec suggested. "And it's a plastic-type slide, so it won't burn her," Xander added. "She might have enough left in her for one more! And we can take pictures!" Alec grinned.

"Oh, the others are coming back," Alec reported to Daizi. "Like you guessed, Ivy looks very tired! But happy."

"Great, then you have a few months to do whatever it is you'll be too old to do when you're thirty," Xander said cheerfully. He waved to Ivy and started wandering off back toward Daizi and Alec. "Nice throw!" Alec praised, watching the ball fly. "And... nope, it hit nothing but grass."

"I thought it was thirty that was supposed to give you pause," Xander remarked. Then he paused. "Or is that for women, and with guys it's forty?" Alec looked out then took Daizi's arm and turned her just slightly. "There! Absolutely no chance unless someone runs over there right as you...

Xander nearly laughed but caught himself and tried not to. "Professor, you're still way too young to talk that old," he told Dark as seriously as he could manage. "But, then again, forty's pretty ancient. I guess it's best you don't swing or anything. You might break a hip. Right, Mini?"...

"Alright," Xander agreed willingly enough. "That's fair. Like I said, you don't have to if you don't want to, but the offer's open. I'll look after the mini while you swing. I don't think anyone will really care. I mean, not for real, but if you don't want to, she's having enough fun for...

Xander stared at him. "Because we're in a park standing at the swings with your wee daughter swinging for the first time and you said you liked swinging as a kid and you never directly said you didn't want to swing now," he pointed out bluntly. "It's kind of hard not to be highly specific...

"Eh, it's different when it's your kid, don't you think?" Xander smirked. "Ya don't have to if you don't want to, but if you really didn't want to, I think you would have just said it." Alec smiled a little and nodded. "I think that makes sense. Thank you, Mama." He shifted over to lean...

Xander watched Dark, practically seeing his indecision and his mind going back and forth. "If you don't take a chance, you'll be teaching your kids to be scared of peer pressure and what other people think," he remarked, only very lightly teasing him. "I feel..." Alec hesitated, picking at...

"School playgrounds at night are the best. Until the meth heads pull up and have it out with their dealers, then it's not so cool." Xander gave himself a couple of swings and then dragged his feet to stop himself. "Right. Your turn." He stood up and moved to take over pushing Ivy and...

Xander had to think about that, and his swing slowed even more. "Um... I don't remember," he finally admitted. "I didn't do it much. It was too hard to watch your back. When I was real little - like... five, I think? - this kid came up behind me and shoved me off. We'd usually just hang out...

"Oh, darn. I was so looking forward to getting pushed," Xander said dryly. He shoved himself off with his feet and started swinging, keeping fairly low instead of pushing to see how high he could go. Alec made a stirring motion with his finger even though Daizi couldn't see it. "Isn't this...

Xander shrugged. "I guess I'd look after her, then, if you were swinging." He walked over to the closest one and plunked himself down. "But if you're not going to, I guess I might as well." He didn't care what other people thought of a teen or a giant swinging on a playground. They could...

Xander stood back where he could watch Dark and Ivy swinging. He nodded to himself. Yes, he was sure. Dark loved Ivy, Ivy loved Dark, and they loved playing together. After a bit, though, he did say, "I guess if you wanted to give swinging a try, those ones look like they might work...

"Nah," Xander said, shaking his head. "This is your time. I can do it any time. There's only one 'first time swinging.' I'm good with watching." Alec smiled as she examined the blooms. "I remember you told me you liked them, but I don't remember you telling me they were your favorite."

Xander rolled the ball toward Enkidu and rolled to his feet. He followed Dark, hands in pockets, but kept his distance as he watched them. He moved behind Dark and watched Ivy. He made a few faces at her but didn't interfere beyond that. Alec stayed where he was and finished braiding...