"Whew, finally done!" Granny Pie said as they trotted into the kitchen, everything unpacked and put away, "How about I stir us up some juice?"

"That sounds great, are ya hungry?" Igneous said cheerfully as he reached for the loaf of bread, "I'll make us some lunch, how about dandelion sandwiches?"

"Mhmmmmmmmm…Ma'favorite!" The two ponies turned to see Cloudy coming down the stairs, "That would be great dear, but let me do it. You two worked hard all day while I slept, it's really the least I could do to make you some lunch," she said meeting them in the kitchen.

"You sure deary? You gave Igneous quite a fright earlier, are you really up for makin everypony lunch? His lil'heart may give if ya faint again."

"I'm positive Granny."

"But honey! I don't think you should strain yourself in your condition," Igneous protested.

"First of all it's not a condition it's just a wonderful miracle. Second it's just lunch for a couple of ponies for heaven sake, I like ta think I'm still competent enough to handle some flowers and bread. They are dandelions not real lions."

"I could at least give you a hoof?"

"Now sweetie I love you but trust me, I'm fine. You two could use a break and it's really no trouble at all. Now both of you go sit down in the dining room and I won't listen to another word about it. That's final," she said sternly pushing them out of the kitchen.

"Alright Alright deary, we're going already!" Igneous and Granny went to the table and sat comfortably in their chairs.

"So Granny how has the planning coming along for that big unnecessary party you insist on throwing for us?"

"Just STUPENDOUS! There will be loads of things to do and eat, like games and music and dancing and we'll have your favorite sarsaparilla and lots of pinning!"

"Pinning? Mom do you mean planning…?" Igneous said very confused.

"Nope! Lots of pinning!"

"Dear," Cloudy called from the kitchen, " I think she means like pin-up decorations, like how much work it will be to decorate it as beautifully as we all know she will. You really do have a great talent for planning parties Granny Pie."

"I do darling but that's still not what I meant."

"Then what?" the both said confused.

"I've made up a brand new game to celebrate that soon to be, brand new little member of family," she said beaming with pride, "you take some paper and draw a picture of a pony with no tail"

"Why no tail?" Igneous interrupted.

"Let me finish, it will all make sense in the end. Sheesh there's just no patience or suspense with you ponies."

"Okay Okay I'll be quiet."

"Then you put that picture up on a wall with a clear path to it, we wouldn't want anypony to get hurt."

Cloudy brought the sandwiches and juice into them and sat down. Igneous and Cloudy only seemed to be more confused the more Granny Pie went on explaining.

"Then you have to make tail cut-outs, lots of them so everypony can play! Oh and there should be tape on those, so they stick n all that, then you line up everypony behind the great big ol'mountain of tails that you made with the tape on the ends and put a blindfold over the playing pony's eyes, oh ya you need a blindfold for that. Ya'll spin the playing pony once they are blind folded then hand them a tail and they have to find their way all dizzy and blind to the poster and try to stick the tail to the pony in the right place without peaking. The pony who gets the closest to the right place or maybe the funniest placement is the winner!" she took a deep breath, "and that my little ponies is PIN-THE-TAIL-ON-THE-PONY!"

"That … uh…sounds elabor.."

"That sounds Great Granny!" Cloudy said excitingly, interrupting her husband and almost falling off her seat, "I can't wait to play it at the party!"

"You followed all of that?"

"Well of course I did dear, didn't you? It's pretty simple but sounds super fun. I can't wait till this filly is out and big enough to learn how to play!"

"Whatever you say, it all sounded like a jumbled mess to me."

"Well maybe you should listen up more sonny."

"Yaya I know. Can we please eat now I'm starving and this looks delicious, plus Cloudy work so hard when she didn't need to, to make them, so this shouldn't go to waste."

"Oh dear, it was no trouble at all, I promise. Now that I'm well rested and all I'm just peachier than a plum in a peachy peacherific patch of plumness."

"I guess, I just worry about you and that filly. If I lost you, I ….. well I don't rightly know what I'd do without you."

"I know dear and I appreciate it but you need to just relax."

"Okay, I'll try to."

"Good, ta think if I had half as much energy as this little kicker," Cloudy said rubbing her belly, "we'd never have had this problem, heck I'd be jumping circles around you two." The three giggled at that, and then proceeded to eat and tell stories and laugh…in fact it was mostly laughter.