I think the note at this bottom of the chapter says it all.
Generation 2-Chapter 17
Generation 3- Chapter 10: Am I On a Soap Opera?
15 years ago
Thistle and Candy finally found Candy a new cute little outfit that suited her sweet personality. They also got Bubbles a couple of new things.
The Tea Household had been a busy one for the past few years. Candy had picked up an interest in playing chess and writing like her dad.
Thistle had finally decided it was time to go for a new look herself. A little more mature, motherly look. (And apparently she likes to randomly run from yetis as well lol)
Candy and Thistle had finally started to build a better bond. Bubbles and Thistle had always been close but Candy was a Daddy's girl until she was around 9 or 10.
Pepper was still loving football and was now a wide receiver for the Sweet Berry High Sugar-Rushes. Bubbles loved to get out and play catch whenever Pepper had a spare minute.
Bubbles was also taking after Thistle with her new interests in cooking. Her mother had bought her an Easy-Berry Cake Oven for Christmas and she was already turning out muffins and pies!
He was also making a lot of time for his family. He and Pepper tossed the old pigskin around at least every other evening after dinner.
Peppercini was growing up much quicker than Thistle would have liked. Brandy the babysitter had gone off to college early and left Peppercini behind and broken hearted. He seemed to recover quickly because a few nights after they had broken up, Thistle overheard him on the phone with a new girl, Mellisa...with two "l"s. Thistle disliked Melissa or Mellisa, whatever her name was, even more than before.
Thistle didn't have to worry long because it quickly became apparent that she was only interested in Pepper during football season, because as soon as it was over, so were they. Pepper seemed to be a little defeated and after a little encouragement from Thistle, started taking up cooking as a way to stay distracted. After many smoke-filled kitchens, Pepper started to improve and his family thought his food a little better than edible.
In addition to cooking, Thistle had taken up gardening. After her first couple of seasons she even had a few fruits and veggies to show for it.
Of course it wasn't long before Peppercini's 18th birthday, and the twins' 14th birthday were rolling around. We had the twin's birthdays first. Both girls took in deep breaths from across the kitchen table and
made blew their candles out at the same time.


But Candy did not seem to notice and they never seemed to fight so Thistle began to forget all about it. Thistle's twins were all grown up. With no more babies around and her oldest child to soon be an adult himself, Thistle suddenly felt old. Before she knew it, it would be time to retire and pass on her legacy to one of her children. She loved them all so much and she didn't know how they would choose.


Well at least Brandy wasn't a bad choice. She was very smart and family-oriented. She was also employed as a babysitter. She couldn't be all bad, but Thistle still thought it hard to swallow that her son was old enough to have a girlfriend.
Little Candy was growing up too. She was very dexterous and imaginative and often spent hours building little towns out of blocks and legos.
Honeydew did not spend all of her time cleaning. She loved to play peek-a-boo with the twins, especially Bubbles who was always looking for attention.

Five years old. Thistle could not believe her babies were 5!
As everyone sang the girls "Happy Birthday" Thistle smiled. Even though they were older, they were still hers and she was lucky to have such a wonderful, happy family. She joined everyone else in singing as the girls blew their candles out together.
Bubbles, always the center of attention, was the first to make the change from toddler to child.






Honeydew took a deep breath in and made a wish. She blew out the candles.
I think Honeydew was wishing that she would grow up to be beautiful because she did. Her new haircut and wardrobe make her nearly unrecognizable.
