older.
“I told you we’d go skating after
practice, guys, remember? After practice. You can’t go with me to
practice, you have your birthday party thing to go to. I need my uniform,
monkeys. And I’ll tell you this, you both better be good on the potty training
or I’m not going to be happy when I finish getting dressed. There’d better not
be pee on my gear.”
Kenzie was laughing so hard no
sound was coming out.
“Drake! You’re playing with my
mouth guard? That is just gross . Seriously, not sanitary ,
dude. Give that to me so I can clean it.” With a furious shake of his head,
Drake bit down harder on the mouth guard.
Turning to his mother, he sighed
resignedly, “Mom, I know we amuse you. I do. But I need to be ready before Joey
and his parents come to get me. Please…put the camera down, stop laughing, and
help me wrangle the twins.”
She walked to her oldest child
and ruffled his hair. “Okay, baby. You’re just so good with them and you all
make me laugh so hard . I can’t help myself.” She wiped her eyes and
got it together.
“Deacon, Drake…uniform now .
Bubba has to go.” She held out her hand Drake spit a very slobbery mouth guard
into her hand. She fought the laughter as they angrily stripped to the skin
and handed her his jersey and pants. She smelled them carefully. “No
problems, Dalton. I’m sorry, baby.”
He took the clothes from his mom
with a smile. “Oh, Mom, you’re so cute when you’re pregnant. You laugh even
more…you’re so easy. When is grandma coming back with David? He wanted to go
to practice with me.”
The twins started throwing a fit
behind him. “Guys, you have a birthday party to go to! Wouldn’t you
rather go there than practice with me?”
They were screaming loudly.
Grandma Jenna made it a habit to
take each of the older boys out alone, taking them somewhere special to eat and
then a movie. She said it was important when you had twins to remember that
the single births still need you.
Dalton had gone out all day with
her yesterday while David was home playing with the twins. Dalton was almost
nine, David was four, and the twins were two.
“She’ll be back soon, promise.
Go get ready, Dalton and I’ll smooth things over.”
She had a sweet but firm
conversation with her twin boys and sent them to get their clothing out of the
den where they’d dropped it. By the time she’d put everything back in the
pantry, Jenna came in with David who came to snuggle her around the knees.
“Hey, baby, did you have fun with
Grandma?” He nodded sleepily. “Do you still want to go with Dalton to
practice? You look like you need a nap.” He perked up and ran to the stairs
to change.
Of the four boys, he was the
quiet one, more like his mother.
Jenna kissed her and got an
update on the goings-on. When she saw the pictures on Kenzie’s camera, she
excused herself to pee. MacKenzie handed her a glass of iced tea when she came
back.
“Kenzie, you are a natural mom.
You are rounding out nicely with this one. I can’t believe you get your figure
back so fast after you have them.”
“It’s the skating, I make everyone
skate in shifts for hours.” Jenna was hysterical.
“I’m going to take a quick shower
before the birthday party. Hey, why don’t you let me take them? Jackie’s
meeting me here with little Devon. We can handle it.”
“You’ve taken the kids so much
since you’ve been here. I feel like I’m taking advantage, Mom.”
Jenna rolled her eyes. “Nonsense,
I only come every six weeks. I have to soak them up while I’m here and I love
every minute. You rest and I’ll take your Excursion. Round them all up and I’ll
bring them back after we go eat pizza. What do you say?”
“I say you are the mother-in-law
that outshines all others. Thanks. You’re too good to me.”
MacKenzie hugged her
“I told you we’d go skating after
practice, guys, remember? After practice. You can’t go with me to
practice, you have your birthday party thing to go to. I need my uniform,
monkeys. And I’ll tell you this, you both better be good on the potty training
or I’m not going to be happy when I finish getting dressed. There’d better not
be pee on my gear.”
Kenzie was laughing so hard no
sound was coming out.
“Drake! You’re playing with my
mouth guard? That is just gross . Seriously, not sanitary ,
dude. Give that to me so I can clean it.” With a furious shake of his head,
Drake bit down harder on the mouth guard.
Turning to his mother, he sighed
resignedly, “Mom, I know we amuse you. I do. But I need to be ready before Joey
and his parents come to get me. Please…put the camera down, stop laughing, and
help me wrangle the twins.”
She walked to her oldest child
and ruffled his hair. “Okay, baby. You’re just so good with them and you all
make me laugh so hard . I can’t help myself.” She wiped her eyes and
got it together.
“Deacon, Drake…uniform now .
Bubba has to go.” She held out her hand Drake spit a very slobbery mouth guard
into her hand. She fought the laughter as they angrily stripped to the skin
and handed her his jersey and pants. She smelled them carefully. “No
problems, Dalton. I’m sorry, baby.”
He took the clothes from his mom
with a smile. “Oh, Mom, you’re so cute when you’re pregnant. You laugh even
more…you’re so easy. When is grandma coming back with David? He wanted to go
to practice with me.”
The twins started throwing a fit
behind him. “Guys, you have a birthday party to go to! Wouldn’t you
rather go there than practice with me?”
They were screaming loudly.
Grandma Jenna made it a habit to
take each of the older boys out alone, taking them somewhere special to eat and
then a movie. She said it was important when you had twins to remember that
the single births still need you.
Dalton had gone out all day with
her yesterday while David was home playing with the twins. Dalton was almost
nine, David was four, and the twins were two.
“She’ll be back soon, promise.
Go get ready, Dalton and I’ll smooth things over.”
She had a sweet but firm
conversation with her twin boys and sent them to get their clothing out of the
den where they’d dropped it. By the time she’d put everything back in the
pantry, Jenna came in with David who came to snuggle her around the knees.
“Hey, baby, did you have fun with
Grandma?” He nodded sleepily. “Do you still want to go with Dalton to
practice? You look like you need a nap.” He perked up and ran to the stairs
to change.
Of the four boys, he was the
quiet one, more like his mother.
Jenna kissed her and got an
update on the goings-on. When she saw the pictures on Kenzie’s camera, she
excused herself to pee. MacKenzie handed her a glass of iced tea when she came
back.
“Kenzie, you are a natural mom.
You are rounding out nicely with this one. I can’t believe you get your figure
back so fast after you have them.”
“It’s the skating, I make everyone
skate in shifts for hours.” Jenna was hysterical.
“I’m going to take a quick shower
before the birthday party. Hey, why don’t you let me take them? Jackie’s
meeting me here with little Devon. We can handle it.”
“You’ve taken the kids so much
since you’ve been here. I feel like I’m taking advantage, Mom.”
Jenna rolled her eyes. “Nonsense,
I only come every six weeks. I have to soak them up while I’m here and I love
every minute. You rest and I’ll take your Excursion. Round them all up and I’ll
bring them back after we go eat pizza. What do you say?”
“I say you are the mother-in-law
that outshines all others. Thanks. You’re too good to me.”
MacKenzie hugged her
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