“Wonderful! Me and Mommy got married and we went to San Diego then we went to Vegas. Daddy Jack and Vale got married with us. We go to Whidbey Island all the time so I can play withmy monkey, that’s where they live. Wait, where’s my monkey?” Shoot, he was right beside me when we got out of the car.

“Is that your monkey up there?” Mr. Kyler pointed to the playground and there he was. Vale was at the very tippy top of the new climbing thingy.

“Yes. Silly monkey,” I shook my head. Vale landed a perfect dismount in the sandbox which was now twice the size it was last year. That’s a whole lot of sand. The littles and pets clapped while the mommies and daddies each held up ten fingers.

“Vale, it’s nice to meet the monkey Darcy has said many good things about.” Mr. Kyler was so nice, and his boy Roen was super sweet.

“Nice to meet you too,” he shook Mr. Kyler’s hand. “This is my daddy and handler Jack.”

“Jack wonderful to meet you. This is my little, Roen.” Roen smiled and waved. “Roen is amazing. He and Mark have added much since the last time you were here. In fact, Vivienne, you and Jack will be sharing what was our old apartment above the office. We have a new house behind it that Mark and Roen and some of their construction team built for us.”

“Squee!” Everyone stopped and stared at me. “Sorry but is that a ball pit?”

“It is,” Roen smiled. “Daddy Mark helped me build it.”

“I saw a ferret somewhere, he’s gonna love it. Can we go find him mommy? Please?”

“Sweet girl, what if the ferret doesn’t want to play in the ball pit?”

“Oh, sorry ferret.” He only had a ferret mask on, but it was so stinking cute.

“It’s okay,” I jumped, didn’t know he was so close. “If Daddy says it’s okay then me and my kitty, Mouse, would love to play in it.”

“You have a kitty, and I have a monkey. How fun is that?”

“Sweetheart, they’re in a poly relationship. You and Vale aren’t.”

“Oh.”Blink-blink.“My bad. Vale’s my bestie.”

“No worries, little one, you didn’t know. My boys are special to me. Mouse, would you like to jump in the ball bit with Cas?” Their daddy asked them. Mouse’s head bobbed up and down. “Well then, have at it.”

“Yay!” the rest of us hollered and took off after them. This was gonna be so fun.

“Little girl, you and Vale stay here while Mommy and Daddy Jack check us in and take our bags to the room. Understood.”

“Yes, Mommy.”

“She replied but she’s not paying attention. Come on, Jack. They’ll be fine and if not, they can miss tomorrow’s festivities. I think Mr. Kyler had something about a scavenger hunt with prizes on the schedule.”

“I promise-promise, Mommy. I heard you. I’ll be good. I don’t want to miss any of the fun stuff.”

“Me too, Daddy,” Vale promised too.

The kitty and the ferret played for so long their daddy had to come and get them. Then it became a free for all. Too many people for me.

“That’s a lot of bodies in there,” Roen shook his head. “Hopefully it holds up. Wait, didn’t Daddy post the rules?”

“I did and that is well over the body limit.” Daddy Kyler wasn’t happy. There were gonna be a lot of punished butts.

Mommies and daddies came and got their littles and pets, each making them read the posted sign as they left. Daddy Jack chased Vale back over to the jungle gym.

“Let’s go for a walk, Princess.”

“It’s so pretty here, Mommy.” We started with the shortest trail that went around the campsite itself. “Look at Mr. Kyler’s new house.”

“The views must be amazing.”

We turned at the sound of footsteps and saw Roen smiling at us. “Do you want to see my gnome garden?”