Elsa slowly opened her eyes and peeked around the room. She looked at the alarm clock next to her and smiled. 10:45. Boy did that feel great. Normally, she'd be up at eight to calm down her constantly hyperactive sons, Jesse and Jake, who were normally up a while before her. But they were sleeping over at Felix and Tamora's house. Elsa wondered how they were handling the early wake-up call.
Elsa looked over her shoulder at her husband Ralph who seemed to be enjoying sleeping in.
"Mommy!" A high-pitched baby voice called from the corner of the room. Elsa looked in it's direction and saw her one-year old daughter Ella peeking at her from in her crib. Elsa smiled and got out of bed. She walked over to the crib and lifted the baby up.
"Good morning my darling." She said. Ella smiled and puckered her lips. Elsa smiled and gave her a kiss while walking toward the door. Ella looked over Elsa's shoulder.
"Daddy!" She said pointing to Ralph.
"Yeah, Daddy's sleepy," she said, "let's leave him alone for now." And she walked out of the room.
About an hour later, Ralph woke up to a loud clanging noise coming from the kitchen. He looked around the room and saw the space next to him and the crib in the corner empty. Then he looked at the clock on Elsa's nightstand. 11:30 never felt so good. He stood up and walked out of the bedroom. All that time, the clanging noise continued. When he got into the kitchen, he found the culprit behind the noise: little Ella. She had gotten her hands on a metal pot and was hitting a plastic spoon against it. Their dog, Harry, who was about twice Ella's size, lay next to Ella, licking her feet. Ella giggled and banged on the pot a little harder. It always baffled Ralph to think that such a little girl could make so much noise. Ralph smiled and scooped her up.
"Daddy!" She exclaimed upon seeing who it was.
"Good morning, princess." He said, kissing her on the cheek. He walked over to Elsa and kissed the top of her head.
"Good morning, my Queen," He said, "what's cooking?"
"Breakfast, pancakes and sausage," Elsa said, taking three pancakes off of the griddle. She took one pancake and cut it up, "could you get Ella ready for breakfast, please?" Ralph nodded and placed Ella in her high chair. He pulled off her pajama shirt and put a bib around her neck. Ella yanked it off.
"Duck!" She said, pointing to the duck on her bib.
"Good, what does a duck say?" Ralph asked, putting the bib back on. Ella pulled it off again.
"Quack quack!" She said.
"Good, what does a... sheep say?" Ralph asked trying once more with the bib. Ella pulled it off.
"Baa!" She said. Elsa smiled as Ralph quizzed Ella on animal noises. She poured syrup on the baby's pancake and cut up a sausage link. Then she walked over to the high chair and scraped the food onto her tray.
"Cookie!" Ella said. Elsa chuckled. 'Cookie' was the only food name she knew at the moment.
"No, that's pancake and sausage." Elsa said.
"Cookie!" Elsa smiled and rolled her eyes.
"Okay, now eat the 'cookie'." She walked back to the griddle and poured some more batter on. Ralph got up from the table and wrapped his arms around Elsa from behind. Elsa didn't seem to mind.
"Soo," Ralph said in a flirtatious voice, "wanna take a little 'shower' after breakfast?" Elsa grinned.
"Perhaps so," she looked over at Ella, who was stuffing some of her pancake in her mouth while tossing some down to Harry, who happily ate, "what about Ella?"
"Well," Ralph said nuzzling his head into her neck, "it's won't hurt her to take an early nap, will it?" Elsa smiled deviously.
"It certainly wont," She said turning her attention back to the pancakes, "I guess I'll be meeting you in the shower a little later?" Ralph smirked. It looked like this morning was getting even better.
