1 little, 2 little, 3 little Adravendis; 4 little...5 little....good god

First Maeva then Amaranth appeared on the scene. In all honesty Meriadoc wasn't surprised by the order of arrival. "Girls," he said warmly in greeting before playfully bumping Amaranth back. "Oh, I'm sure Aurielle wouldn't mind." Next came Cairo, whose playful gesture was quickly reciprocated. "Some, yes. The rest are hopefully coming." His siblings were in for a surprise; the litter was a big one. On Cairo's heels was Caelia. He still had no idea what had rubbed her wrong the other day so he didn't know what they were in for, but he hoped if she had taken issue with his kids she kept her ill opinion to herself. He may have had them young but they didn't deserve flack for it. He didn't know for sure why she had acted the way she had so he could only assume given her conservative nature that it was something along those lines. "Caelia," he said gently. "I'm glad you could make it."

And then there was Artur, who was clearly displeased with Cairo's characterization of him. Yikes. It was interesting to see that nothing had changed there. If there was one thing to be said about their family it was that they were all their own people. Blood may have made them family but they were individuals; independent of each other in almost every conceivable way. It was a neat and tricky thing, and he'd missed aspects of it. "Amaranth, Maeva, this is your uncle Artur."

Speaking of independence, a muddied Harlow appeared over his shoulder. On her heels was Astralagus, who was clearly displeased with the amount of dirt on some of his sisters, and Gwyneira, whose cheer reminded him of Viviene some days. It occurred to him then as he looked at his kids that they were as varied as he and his siblings were.

He had just enough time to wonder what was taking Viviane so long and then she was there, flying from yearling to yearling like a joyful whirlwind. Meriadoc didn't even have to see his son's face to know he was horrified by the mud that now definitely marred his coat. It was all he could do not to chuckle. Hopefully his son had the presence of mind to rein in his disgust at least until his aunt was out of sight. "They are," he agreed proudly. "They remind me of us; how different they are, I mean." To his kids, he said, "Guys, this is your aunt Viviane."

Meriadoc sighed loudly and chuckled to himself before saying, "I've already forgotten who has been introduced to who so I'm just going to start from the top." He went down the line, pointing to each kid in turn. "This is Maeva, Amaranth, Harlow, Astralagus and Gwyneira. There's one more who couldn't make it today but I'll make a point to reel him in at some point." As for the aunts and uncles... "And kids, in addition to Viviane, this is your aunt Caelia, and your uncles Cairo and Artur."

OOC: I think I got everything right. Let me know if I've made any mistakes!