am well and truly stuck on this one :-(

Hi vonny and welcome to the forums.
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This level is all about colour matching and careful seating. Put out the flowers first and then do the podium.
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On the first round, put the brown teen boys on the middle table in the row nearest the counter with the yellow mums to the left and the green girls to the right, and the blue teen girls on the middle table of the other row. (Put the yellow yappers on the bench).
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Next round, yellow teen boys, brown teen girls, green girls and blue yappers.
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Then, yellow yappers from bench, 2 blue mums, 2 brown mums and 2 green mums (no need to bother with highchairs)
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2 blue girls, yellow family and brown family (this time you need a highchair)
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Brown teen boys, green teen girls, blue girls and one yellow girl.
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Yellow yappers, one brown yapper and 2 blue mums (no highchair needed)
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Finally, you should have one set of girls left of each colour.
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You need to get back to the podium as much as you can, but with a maximum of 4 tables at a time you should be able to do most of the muffin requests and keep to a chain.
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Let me know how you get on and if you don't find it works for you, I'll make some changes.

thanks for that - managed it at last

That's great, vonny.

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Tinlizzie already did the walkthrough for this level--this is just the seating chart for it.
Also note that what looks "brown" to some people looks "red" to others.
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Seating Chart
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Always match colors. If you seat 2 people at a table for 4, make sure they get the seats that already have colors. You are only going to seat 4 groups each round--that lets you keep everyone happy and always get to a muffin request. If one person is asking for a muffin and another is asking for dessert, give the muffin first. That person will probably ask for dessert later, so you'll get a longer chain.
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Round One
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Red teen boys top center
Yellow moms top left
Green girls top right
Blue teen girls bottom center (so they can flirt with the boys)
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Put the yellow cell phone guys on the bench and leave them there.

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Round Two
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Yellow teen boys top left
Red teen girls top center
Green girls top right
Blue cell phone guys bottom center
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Round Three
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Yellow cell phone guys from the bench, top left
Red moms top center
Green moms top right
Blue moms bottom center
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Round Four
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2 blue girls bottom center
Yellow family top left
Red family top center
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Make sure you give the families highchairs or the crying will disturbe the girls too much
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Round Five
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Red teen boys top center
Green teen girls top right
Blue girls bottom center
1 Yellow girl top left
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Round 6
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Blue moms bottom center
Yellow cell phone guys top left
Red cell phone guys top center
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Round 7
Yellow girls top left
Red girls top center
Green girls top right
Blue girls bottom center
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Have fun!
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Again, this is tinlizzie's walkthrough, I just posted the seating chart.

Thanks for doing that, Robin - it makes it a lot clearer.

No problem, tinlizzie, I add a seating chart to the end of some of my own walkthroughs quite often. You do need to put up all the comments for some rounds because it can depend on more than just who sits where--but at the same time, when you get ready to actually go play, the seating chart is helpful.
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Thanks for doing the walkthrough!

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