*~ Raven and Kendall's Room ~*

[karma_k]

Youkochylde

Raven and Kendall's room at Youko's house

 

[karma_k]

Youkochylde

Dear Diary,

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Well, we seem to have our first bout of sickness with the twins. Lucky me, it just HAPPENED to occur when they're here. I feel so sorry for them both, Kendall's whiny and stuffed up, and keeps complaining that he can't 'breave fru by doze'. Raven seems to be a bit better, but she's got a cough that's making her miserable because she can't sleep for very long without waking up. So needless to say, I've got two VERY cranky furbabies here this weekend.

Right now, I've got them both bundled up on the couch with some DVD's playing and books for them to read. Kendall's at one end, wrapped up around my cait, Neo, while Raven is passed out on the other end and using Foxglove as a blanket. Karma didn't seem to mind the cait being here this weekend, and she was more than happy to stay. I'm really glad she did. Raven seems VERY attached to her.

Hopefully they'll be better by tomorrow, or I may just call Karma and offer to keep them here. She's got enough stress to worry about without having two sick kids as well.

 

[karma_k]

Youkochylde

Dear Diary,

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Well, the twins seem to be getting over the worst of it now. They've both been on Robitussin and resting. Well, as much as they'll rest anyway. Getting them on the couch to NOT bicker for a bit is about the extent of it. Kendall had it the worst the other day, he just didn't want to get out of bed. I let him stay in there with some of his books, and some of the pets that wanted to be with him. Raven came out into the living room and played with her blocks on the living room floor while wrapped up in a blanket.

I'm faced with the realization that I HAVE to think about Yule this year. I never really concerned myself with it, and hope that I can do okay with it. I don't celebrate Christmas... but Yule is as close to it as I can figure, and the kids should be alright with that. After all, they can go over to Karma's for Christmas then, and get TWO days of opening presents.

Somehow, I doubt they'll mind. I'll worry about that shortly though... for now, Thanksgiving is the main chore we have to figure out. I want to invite Karma and Dave over, if they don't already have plans. Envy will be here, and I was going to see if Trio was willing to come as well. Time to start plotting dinner!

 

[karma_k]

Youkochylde

Dear Diary,

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The twins are doing MUCH better today! Raven still has a bit of a cough, but not enough to be concerned about. Cough syrup is doing the trick, and Kendall is back to his normal rambunctious self.

Took them both grocery shopping with me yesterday, and got supplies in for the next week, as well as starting to get Thanksgiving preparations. We were about halfway home when I figured out I had an interesting problem on my hands... how to fit a 21 lb bird into a 3/4 full freezer.

The twins didn't care one way or another... I'd bought a bag of grapes to keep them occupied in the store, and they were busily munching on them the entire way home and took the bag with them to head into the livingroom after we got home.

Memo to me... check where I step when I go in there. Grapes invariably find their way underfoot... and under the couch.

So I've got the turkey. I need to pick up a bag of potatoes (The last one suffered a rather interesting fate when Kendall broke into the bag and ate one bite out of nearly every one. At least we had plenty of mashed potatoes that week.), makings for pumpkin pie (Raven's still wondering how to smoosh a big round pumpkin into a pie tin. I think she's going to be disappointed when she sees the can of pumpkin), cranberries for the sauce, and makings for a salad.

At least both of them seem to like vegetables alright. Both of them love salad, so long as they each have their favourite dressing. This favourite changes once a week, mind you, so I seem to have just about every flavour known to man in my fridge.

That seems like a good list. I'm not going to get the rest of the supplies until next weekend, most likely. No point in having stuff just sitting around.

 

[karma_k]

Dear Diary,

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I can't believe it. I was just wondering how we were going to swing Thanksgiving this year with me needing to make a rush trip to the airport and Dave working. Youko and I are getting better about this whole 'parental empathy' thing.

As it stands now, he's going to be taking the twins for dinner at his place while I tough out my current situation. He offered to save Dave and I some leftovers, but I told him not to worry about it. As long as he takes a few pictures for posterity, I'll be fine. Somehow the image of Raven with her little fingers all stuffed into black olives and Kendall shampooing in pumpkin pie doesn't seem like something I ought to be missing out on.

Anyway, godspeed, Youko. You're a far braver man than I

 

[karma_k]

Youkochylde

Dear Diary,

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Well, I've spoken with Karma, and I'm happy to say that I will be getting the kids this Thanksgiving! This is a very good thing... if I lost any more people for dinner, I'd be eating turkey until Easter.

Okay, so I tend to go a bit overboard... but the twins like it well enough. Kendall keeps staring at the freezer warily, like he's expecting some giant mostrosity of a bird to come flying out every time I go to get him ice cream. Raven has pretty well forgotten about it in favour of the Cool Whip and pie shells she saw me buying at the store. Every day, she asks me at least once when we'll be making the pies.

A girl after my own heart.

Both of them are excited about the holidays, however, especially when they saw Envy hauling out the Yule decorations. It's tradition in my family to set them up the day after Thanksgiving, since most people have off work that Friday anyway. Needless to say, we've had to pick them both out of the tinsel and lights at least four times each. Raven tried to make off with the mantle village and set it up in her room... Kendall had glass ornaments hung all over his bunk and the ceiling above it... and one of them (neither is owning up to this one) managed to break open a pack of tinsel icicles all over the hallway.

We're still vacuuming up the stuff.

 

[karma_k]

Youkochylde

Dear Diary,

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Pictures... check. Video camera footage... check. Exhausted parents... check. >_<

Thanksgiving is FINALLY over, and all the company is the hell out of my house. The twins were good to start with... until Raven found the can of black olives. I swear, Karma put her up to this. Next thing I know, there's a lil gray foxcoon running around the house with ten olives on her fingers, making her brother scream by making him believe they're mutant olives from Mars and are eating her fingers. She kept telling him that there was nothing but bone left underneath, and every time she threatened to take one off, he'd start screaming.

Kendall managed to get into his own trouble, however. Just not as dramatically as his sister. He seems to be the one for the 'quiet mischief', instead of the attention getting kind. This time, it was the butter.

I had pulled out a couple of sticks to soften for the biscuits, mashed potatoes and to put in the stuffing while it was cooking. Actually, I had asked ENVY to get them for me, therefore I was unaware that there was a stick missing.

Until I started noticing the yellow drawings on the plate glass window and balcony doors.

Apparently he thought it was some neat kind of square sidewalk chalk and went to town once he figured out that it drew better on glass than on carpet. It also drew better on the coffee table, the television, entertainment center, bookshelf, bedroom door and Envy's drawing table.

By the time I found it, the 'chalk' had vanished to an inch-long nub and I started to realize that cleanup would take a hell of a lot longer than I thought. So while dinner was cooking, I started scrubbing. I'm just glad Envy stopped laughing long enough to help.

Dinner itself went off without a hitch really... as much as it can with two toddlers. Of course they made a mess, and got food everywhere, and wound up WEARING more than eating... but I was expecting that.

The last picture I got was after dishes were done... Envy had taken the twins into the living room to watch a movie, and by the time I went out, all three of them were passed out in a heap on the couch. Envy on the bottom, Raven draped over his chest and Kendall half hanging off the couch upside-down.

That picture will make lovely blackmail for years to come.

Now, however, we get to start for Yule... and the twins have already discovered the decorations. I'd write more, but I have to go rescue the tinsel from their bedroom.

 

[karma_k]

Youkochylde

Dear Diary,

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It looks as though Karma will have the twins for Yule this year. I've recently been made aware of the fact that I'm going ot be leaving that weekend and wont' be able to take both little darlings with me. Instead, I'm going to make sure that the twins get to open presents at my place before taking them over to Karma's.

Lucky guys, they get TWO holidays, technically. *Chuckle* Now, the ultimate question... should I give them the noisy toys BEFORE sending them to Karma's so that they can take them all over there and drive her nuts? twisted

I think so.

 

[karma_k]

Youkochylde

Dear Diary,

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Christmas is a wonderful time, really. Everyone's happy and joyous and wishing every one else a good season.

Then again, from listening to the shrieking of my two 'darling' children, sometimes it's easy to forget. I should have just gotten them communal toys, I swear. Raven has stolen Kendall's Transformers more times than I can count, Kendall wants NONE of it and keeps threatening to blow her back to Cybertron with his death ray, and both of them are wondering why I've hauled out the old crib and such that they used to sleep in.

I've set it up in my room... there's going to be a new addition to the family soon, and I haven't broken the news to them yet. I just HOPE they'll be okay with it.

For now, things are back to the normal status quo. There are plenty of leftovers to make sandwiches from, and even more to go as side dishes for days. I swear, I could just reheat mashed potatoes from now til Doomsday and they'd both be happy. The tree survived without incident, as did most of the decorations. The only casualty so far is the garland that was around the door. That was an accident more than anything, however. Kendall was running over to see the snow fall on the balcony and slid on a book that Raven had left laying there. He went flying, grabbed the garland and I was treated to the sight of one foxboi wrapped up in garland and lights like a furry tree.

Ah well... could be a whole lot worse. *Chuckle*

 

[karma_k]

Youkochylde

Dear Diary,

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The last of the Yule decorations are put away for another year. All too soon, I know that Valentine's Day will be approaching. I've started stocking up, getting some pink and red construction paper and letting the kids make hearts while they're here. We've got some with handprints, some with 'artwork' on them, others with foil star stickers or flat-sided jewels. I've pretty well raided my crafts box for this, and both of them seem to love it.

I'm going to be decorating the windows and doors with the hearts, and am having them make more than is necessary so that Karma can have some too.

I've got plans for Valentine's Day, as I'm sure most do. Karma is likly going out with Dave, and I'm taking Envy to dinner. However, I'm hoping that on the 13th of February, Sunday, Karma and I might be able to go out for a bit. I know it's likely not 'proper', considering that we're both in relationships, but she IS the mother of my children and I appreciate all she does. This will be my way of letting her know that.

Now if I can just get Raven and Kendall to keep quiet about my plans until then...