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 Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:45 pm
It didn't take him long to figure out how the buttons worked and he reached in and rested a palm against his father's chest with a tilt of his head. His sister caught his attention and he looked over at her for a moment dutifully, then blinked and shifted. Hey! She'd done it, too. He could see a flash of her baby skin and he reached in and poked it, then glanced down at his, too. He had them too! But his sister seemed to want his help so he shifted again and tugged her closer then worked on her top button. Then he let her handle the rest and picked up the pen that was still in Daddy's lap, making a mark on Lici's tummy with a giggle.
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:55 pm
She gave a giggle and a look to the mark on her tummy before working her brother's buttons and taking the pen, returning the favor on his chest with more giggles and smiles. This was great! Eventually she worked and arm out of her onesie and flailed it happily. Oh look look! I can get off the clothes!
He merely continued to watch his kids explore and be simply amused...until they started into the writing on each other thing again and learning that they could get out of their own clothes too. That just furthered the 'they'll be running around naked' thoughts in his head. Kids, once they learned to take off their clothes, they wanted to keep them off. Taking the pen he picked them both up. "OKay that's enough...we'll get you some water soluable non toxic finger paints for that...not pens." Scooping them both up and carrying them to the kitchen, plopping each in a high chair again and getting a rag, running it under warm water before coming back to them to gently try and scrub off pen.
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:05 pm
He reached down and touched the mark then glanced up at Daddy's face and touched his. They weren't coming off? Weren't they supposed to come off? His sister's noises caught his attention once again and he glanced over and grasped her arm, cuddling with it close to his chest before Daddy was moving them once again. There wasn't a whole lot Thobias got upset about that his parent's did but he hated his face washed. Since his sister couldn't aim very well, she'd managed to get marks on his cheeks and he covered his face as best he could with his arms and pushed his father's hands and rag away, making upset noises and squirming.
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:12 pm
She merely begrudingly tolerated her father attempting to clean her up with a little pouty face since being cleaned usually meant a nap afterwards and while yes she was a tad sleepy, she never liked going down for naps and usually only did because Thobias did. A little grimace as daddy put her back in her clothes as well and then moved onto her brother.
"Aw hey come on now, just a little?" Gently pushing aside the toddler's hands and wiping when he got his chances. We best to get it off while still fresh or there would be a lot of fighting later. A small amount of blood and juice in a bottle afterwards would do them both well of being upset. "Okay guys, time for a nap." Had it really been that long already? About five hours or so. Thusly upstairs with them and he laid them down in thier crib, much to his daughter's pouting. "Promise you'll be happier when you wake back up. Half hour is all I'm asking for."
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:26 pm
None too pleased that Daddy still tried, he fought as best he could and fussed, probably due to the fact that he was tired, too. Yawning as he was picked up, he snuggled his head against his father's shoulder and then immediately latched to his sister and cuddled with her falling asleep pretty quickly.
She pulled into the garage and grabbed the bags off the front seat of her car, then headed into the house, and glanced over the mess in the living room. Stepping over baby gates on her way to the kitchen, she set the bags on the counter and then began putting things away. Checking the time on the microwave, she knew Xe was probably upstairs putting the twins down. Flicking on the baby monitor in the kitchen, she heard him talking to them and smiled. Yup, naptime. Stepping back over baby gates, she started picking the toys up and setting them back in the box.
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:31 pm
She settled as her brother did, cuddling back up to him as they had been earlier with a yawn and eventually settling down herself to indeed probably only give her father the half hour she asked for.
He watched them for a good five minutes. Hm...their sleeping schedule was only going to get more complicated. After all, most things happened during daylight hours and they were on a noctournal schedule right now...but there was plenty of time for that. Making sure the side of the crib was secured he headed out, making sure to hop over baby gates this time. Back into the living room with him, intending to pick up their mess only to find his wife was home and beating him to it. "Thought you said you might be home a lot later." Taking to helping her before gathering up his own papers and what not, still slightly disheveled himself and still pen marked somewhat.
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:52 pm
Settling back on her heels for a moment, she tilted his face up and shook her head. "Kids got your grading pen again, hm?" She shrugged and pushed the box over to the side with her shoe then slipped them off and set them over by the door so no one would trip on them. "Lost a patient, referred another case, and there really wasn't all that much going on tonight." Taking his hand, she led him to the kitchen and then picked up the rag and started scrubbing his face. "You shouldn't let them play with that pen, Xe."
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:01 pm
" They ambushed me this time." Now he was the one getting scrubbed. "Aw come on, it makes them happy to play with it, I'm guessing first because I was using it and then because it made lines. Not like its permanent on skin anyway or lasts long." WHich was why he had cleaned them up of pen evidence, just in case. Sam was still kind of leary of things they got into...not that he wasn't, but he knew where that pen had been and so on. "Though we learned something exciting tonight, how to work buttons." Slipping his arms around her once again slim self as he continued to let her scrub at pen to her hearts content.
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:28 pm
She chuckled softly and removed the pen markings from his face, paying close attention to the ones nearest his lips. Licking ink would not be good even if there wasn't enough to poison him. "Did we? Lovely. Now we'll have to get them zippered clothes or they're constantly be naked, won't they?" Fiddling with his shirt that was still unbuttoned. "Or they'll just strip you down to nothing and I'll enjoy the view." Pressing her hands to the planes of his chest, she leaned in and gave him a kiss, tossing the rag back into the sink.
A car alarm going off outside startled him out of his previously peaceful sleep and he made a fussy noise or two since he wasn't quite ready to get up yet. The loud noise hurt his sensitive ears and he started to squirm and cry.
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:50 pm
"Until they figure out how zippers work. Then we'll have to pray on velcro working." Smirking at her in that dashing way of his as she started into more grown up jokes. "I don't think mentally scarring the children is a good thing...but I'd be glad to give you a private show later." Suggestive raise of an eyebrow before pulling her closer to him at that kiss..grown up things were greatly appreciated these days.
Of course noise and his own crying and general state of upset caused her to join him in the crying and what not, the little girl cuddling up to her brother as if he was going to make the bad noises go away.
The baby monitor on the counter demanded their attention as crying came across not fifteen minutes later as well as the sound of a car alarm outside. Well...wasn't hard to tell what that crying was about. "Why do people have to try adn steal cars?" Nuzzling his wife he gave a sigh and let her go. "You still need a little bit of time to yourself to unwind or you coming along?" Already starting out of the kitchen and up the stairs.
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:03 pm
"They're too young to even realize anything. Besides, they wouldn't remember anyway." Giving him a grin and kissing him back before she nodded. "I'll hold you to that Mr. Calder." But indeed, car alarms were shrill noises and it bothered even her own ears. "I'm coming." Heading up with him, she paused in the doorway of the nursery, calling out to the twins in a soft voice to let them know she was there but waiting just a moment or two before she walked in and gazed down at them. Never a good thing when her babies were woken up like that. Reaching in, she gently ran a hand through Lici's hair and then lifted the small child out and cuddled her, rubbing her back. "Shh, baby doll. It's not going to hurt you, I promise."
Thobias quieted at the sound of his mother's voice but that noise was still hurting his ears. Sitting up, he rubbed his eyes and made another upset noise then then covered his ears and started to cry again.
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:18 pm
"Hey buddy, I know that's annoying isn't it?" Scooping the child up and resting the boy against his chest with his head tucked under his chin. Would at least muffle his ears some against the stupid noise that ever Xearus hated. While she tended to their daughter, he tended to their son...which was a lot easier than trying to do both at once when they both wanted your undivided cuddle attention. A look to his wife, "Well....guess that means nap time is over hm? Maybe we should take them out, we can get a walk and they can freeload a ride."
She wasn't too much convinced really so the sniffles kept up even as her mother picked her up and she buried her face against her bother's body, seeking some solace from that awful nosie. And of course since her brother was crying there was that one hand reaching out to find him and hold onto him.
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:30 pm
Sam settled her more comfortably against her chest, using one hand to cover her tiny ears and try to stop the noise from irritating her. Rocking the little one gently, she listened as the shrill noise finally stopped and pressed her lips against her daughter's soft hair. "Sounds good to me. The motion might even put them back down." Shifting her daughter to rest on her hip, she changed her and put her in some clothes then carried her downstairs and set her down in the playpen. "You get the stroller and I'll go change clothes, then we can go out.
Rubbing at his eyes, he held onto his father's shirt tightly, willing the evil noise to stop. Reaching out to his sister, he watched her as Mommy took her away and pointed, squirming.
It didn't take Sam but five minutes to change clothes and she was back downstairs, slipping her feet into sneakers. "I hate it when their nap gets interrupted. It makes them cranky the rest of the day." Grabbing the diaper bag just in case, she waited.
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:38 pm
"It's a warm night anyway, good one to go out." Soothing his son with a kiss pressed to his cheek as Sam wandered off. "It's okay, you'll see them in a few minutes." Thusly taking about changing the boy's diaper as well as slipping him into some outside clothes, carrying him down to meet with Sam and his sister, setting the boy in the playpen as well as he went to go fetch the stroller.
She grabbed the edge of the playpen and pulled herself up to stand using it's edge, lightly gnawing on the padded rim with a slight frown. Though that disappeared when her brother was set beside her and she plopped back on her diapered bottom and snuggled her brother.
Fetching the stroller was no big deal and he wheeled it up next to the playpen as well as gave a whistle to dogs. The german shepard, Caprice, came running right up with her tail going. A golden retriever followed shortly, Mercury, happy as a puppy as well. Grabbing the leashes by the door, he snapped them on collars and let Sam handle the stroller deal. "I'm sure they'll be fine...they've started doing better in general when it comes to such things...besides we're going to have to change their sleeping schedule sooner or later."
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:16 pm
Settling both children into the stroller, she took a moment to fix clothes here and press kisses to both cheeks as well as hand them teething rings to keep them occupied. "Yes, we will, won't we? That's going to be interesting." Dropping the diaper bag in the basket below, she wheeled the stroller around and headed for the front door, letting Xe leave first then following him. "I'm much happier that we compromised on deciding their schedule though. They seem far more adjusted and they slept through the day so much fast. A girl at work had triplets last year and hers didn't sleep through the night until they were much older. She was so exhausted, poor thing."
Thobias' attention was duly snagged as the wide world came into view and he reached out and started grabbing at leaves and bushes as they passed then gave a happy sound to the doggies and brushed tails and bodies as they strutted by, too. Picking up his teething ring, he settled back in his stroller, content to chew and watch.
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