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Thirteen / Remy Hadley (House) (notunlucky) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2008-02-29 12:13:00

Entry tags:

sophie stark, thirteen, tony stark

Who: Thirteen, Tony and Sophie Stark
What: A family outing
When: Today
Where: The zoo
Warnings: I swear there will be no sex. They're out in public. With the kid. Swear.

The day was fairly warm, warm enough to enjoy their little adventure to the zoo. But Remy made sure that she bundled Sophie up, and the three of them headed out to the zoo. She wondered if Sophie had ever been to the zoo, what she'd seen and what she hadn't seen. Though she could talk, it wasn't like the kid could really talk about what had gone on in her past. That was for a later time, she supposed.

Getting into the zoo, she hm'd a bit, looking at Tony with a grin before looking down at Sophie in her stroller. The kid could walk, but she was two and they'd have to carry her most of the way without the stroller. "Okay kiddo.. do you want to see the monkey's first? Or the polar bears?" that seemed like a good place to start since they were the first ones you came to depending on which way you walked.

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boots_of_lead
2008-02-29 05:54 pm UTC (link)

Even though Sophie's arrival had changed the room and provided clothes for Sophie, Tony had gone out the morning before and bought even more, just because he felt the need. He had the drive to do a lot of things for her that he normally didn't. Tony supposed this was what all fathers felt, but he'd just wished he'd had time to get ready for it. The least he could do was not screw her up the way he was.

Tony walked beside Remy, one hand resting over hers on the stroller and the other in his pocket, sunglasses and leather jacket on as he looked at the signs pointing to different areas of the zoo. "I like polar bears. Daddy looks like a lion when he yawns when he wakes up," she said off-handedly as she held on to a little cup of juice in her stroller.

"Gee, thanks," Tony said, smirking.

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notunlucky
2008-02-29 06:10 pm UTC (link)

Remy grinned a little, "Then we'll make sure we go see the lions.. try and get Daddy to yawn.." she smirked right back at him and then started pushing the stroller in the direction of the polar bears. They seemed to be lazily enjoying the sun. She reached down and picked her up out of her stroller so she could see the bears.

"Pretty!" she clapped her hands, obviously excited by seeing them. Sadly they weren't doing much to entertain her, so in a couple of moments she seemed tired of looking at them. "Onto the next cage.." she set Sophie back in the stroller and wheeled on.

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boots_of_lead
2008-02-29 06:37 pm UTC (link)

Tony leaned on the railing next to them as Sophie happily watched the polar bears, glad that she was enjoying herself at least. He'd have bought the damn place if she even said the word, which worried him that he'd end up being that frivolous on the word of a kid. Having her had turned him upside down, and just watching them, Remy and Sophie, made him smile more than he had in years.

"We're in the arctic section, aren't we? We've got penguins, sea lions...what else is in this place?" he asked as he pulled out a map he'd grabbed at the entrance.

"Penguins! Happy feet! I wanna see penguins dance!" she said, kicking her little legs as if she were trying to dance.

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notunlucky
2008-02-29 06:58 pm UTC (link)

It was a good thing he had Remy to tell him he shouldn't buy a zoo for a two year old if he ever had the inclination to actually go through with it. She loved watching him smile, both of them now. "Penguins huh? You like Happy Feet?" she wondered if they had that movie. Guess she'd figure it out when they got back home.

She pushed the stroller through to the Penguin exhibit, having to go inside a building for that one. But it had one of those fun moving side walk things. Sophie was eager to get out of the stroller again, but this time made arms for Daddy to hold her. "I wanna penguin!" Sophie shouted, giggling at how they walked.

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boots_of_lead
2008-02-29 07:10 pm UTC (link)

It was definitely a good thing he had Remy as his voice of reason, because he epically sucked at that. He opened his arms and reached out, taking Sophie in his them and holding her close. "I...uh," he looked at Remy at how to answer that one. "How about Daddy buy you a giant stuffed penguin from the gift shop on our way out? Keeping a penguin takes a lot of effort, honey." And probably a lot of money he didn't want to tank into a live one.

"If we don't have Happy Feet, we'll get it while we're out." He pointed tot he penguin that was waddling closer and closer to the glass. "Look, see. Wave to him." Sophie's little hand waved at the penguin, then patted the glass.

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notunlucky
2008-02-29 07:14 pm UTC (link)

"Not to mention it's not cold enough in the mansion to keep a penguin.. they want it reaaaaaal cold.." Remy nodded, trying not to smirk at the fact that Tony was ready to buy their kid a penguin. "Besides you can cuddle a stuffed penguin.. a really big one.. bigger then you. Can't really snuggle a real one.." which seemed to pacify the little girl all around. She was going to be bought a present, that was good enough for her.

After they'd moved through the penguin exhibit, watching them dive underwater for fish and the like, she looked around. "Hm.. sea lions and the walruses and all that next?" she asked, getting a nod from her daughter, so off they went to go find the ones that were playing in the water. "Oh look otters.. otters are so cute.."

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boots_of_lead
2008-03-01 05:42 am UTC (link)

It seemed like it was easy to pacify the women in his life with gifts these days. Looks like he'd empty out the gift shop before they left and he'd be stuck carrying it all. Women.

He carried Sophie the rest of the way along the cages and viewing areas, letting Remy just nudge the stroller along. Sophie leaned over and whispered in Tony's ear, her hand hiding her mouth, which made him smile and look over at Remy. "Should I get you a stuffed otter to cuddle?" he asked, both of them grinning at her.

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notunlucky
2008-03-01 05:48 am UTC (link)

Hey she wasn't picking out stuffed animals or anything like that. Remy was totally not going to ask for a monkey, or a lion or anything of the sort. Kids got spoiled. She got spoiled for Valentine's Day, really that was enough.

She watched the two of them at the otters, whispering to each other. Well at least it was.. no wait what? "Me? You want to get me a stuffed otter? To cuddle? Funny.. I have a monkey to cuddle right here.." she poked Tony in the side which made Sophie giggle.

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boots_of_lead
2008-03-01 06:07 am UTC (link)

"Sophie thinks you should get one since she's getting something. Daddy's supposed to buy Mommy something, too. At least, that's her logic, anyway," he said, shrugging. "Hey!" and laughed, swatting at her. "Not fair going for a ticklish spot. Didn't she say I was a lion, anyway? Monkey, my a--butt." He frowned, having almost slipped up. "Which makes you the lioness and her the cub," and he raised her in the air like Rafiki did with baby Simba in the Lion King. "All will bow down and worship the new princess," he laughed, lowering Sophie and tickling her by blowing on her neck.

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notunlucky
2008-03-01 06:21 am UTC (link)

"Ticklish spot? Really? So you are ticklish?" she stroked her chin quite evilly, "I'll have to remember that.. both of us huh?" she asked Sophie, who giggled and tried to tickle her daddy too. "You're her lion.. and you're my monkey.. " but really Sophie was too busy giggling at her father's antics, especially being lifted into the air like a baby lion. "See? Total monkey.." she said pointedly with a smirk and then started to laugh when he started to tickle her. She bowed lowly, "If she asks for a crown it's all your fault."

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boots_of_lead
2008-03-01 06:34 am UTC (link)

Tony hadn't even considered he was just portraying an actual monkey from a movie just now, and it dawned on him which lead to a very facepalm moment in his head. "Fine..fine...I'm her lion and your monkey. I still don't see where you get the idea, aside from the obvious one I just did, where I am a monkey." Tickling her more, Sophie laughed so hard she couldn't breathe.

"Stop, Daddy!" and laughed harder, squirming around in his arms to get away.

"Okay, okay. When we get out of here, I'll carry you on my shoulders. How's that sound? No more tickle monster." Sophie clapped her hands together and tried to climb up higher on Tony. "Wait...wait...give me a sec," but she didn't listen and made to get on his shoulders. "I'm obviously not the only monkey."

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notunlucky
2008-03-01 06:41 am UTC (link)

Remy just kind of grinned at them both, "I can be a walrus if you want? Or a platypus? Or like a .. rhino? Or a hippo! I could be a hippo.. there you go.. whatcha wanna go see now kiddo?" she asked as her daughter climbed up on top of Tony to get onto his shoulders. "Looks like she does like to climb.." she noted.

Once Sophie got settled on top of Tony's shoulders, she shrugged her little shoulders and Remy decided to just head down the way they were going. "Ooh the elephants and the giraffes! How about those? I think I smell them.." her nose wrinkled a bit.

They started off in that direction, pushing the empty stroller but glad they had it since it looked like they were going to buy the whole store when they got to the gift shop.

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boots_of_lead
2008-03-01 07:04 am UTC (link)

"Hippo? Where did that one come from? That's the most random choice I've ever heard. Well, you kind of yawn like one. All wide like this." Then Tony leaned his head back a little and opened his mouth as wide as he could. "That's Mommy in the morning."

Tony reached up and Sophie's little hands grabbed onto his to hold herself steady. "I think this is the way to the animals from Africa, which means," he said, then peered up at Sophie, "lions should be just around the bend."