Squeal to Until the Waves Stop Crashing! Hannah and Heather are growing up too fast for Olivia's liking. She wants to savor every moment of their young lives and with David by her side, it's that much easier… Or until Olivia finds out something she never thought possible.
Hannah and Heather's 4th birthday was coming up and Olivia wanted to have a huge party. She never had a birthday party when she was younger and it as always something she wanted. She had talked to David about the themes but, they still hadn't decided.
"What about a carnival theme?" David asked. He had looked up on the computer some ideas but Olivia didn't like any of them.
"Every kid has a carnival birthday," Olivia said from the couch.
David just shook his head playfully and continued scrolling through the website. "What about we just get some bouncy houses and let them have fun?"
"What about a Nemo themed party?" Olivia asked, "That's both of their favorite shows and we could have fun with it."
David closed out of the site he was on because he knew that Olivia was already set on the Finding Nemo idea, "Sounds good to me. Just don't ask me to dress up in a fish costume."
Olivia laughed and threw a pillow at him. "Hey! That wasn't very nice."
"I'm not a nice person," Olivia teased.
"You aren't?" He asked playfully. He walked over to the couch where Olivia was sitting and sat down pulling her into his lap.
"Uh-uh," she shook her head.
"I guess I'll have to give you a lesson."
Olivia smiled as their lips met and they exchanged a very passionate kiss. "We have to pick the kids up from daycare."
David sighed and let his head fall back against the arm of the couch as Olivia rolled off if him, "Dang."
David and Olivia had decided to roll Hannah and Heather in daycare so they could have friends and learn to be social. They only went two days a week and sometimes that seemed like too much for Olivia. She liked having them at home and if she could she would never let them leave the house. She remembered taking them there the first day.
"Okay girls," Olivia said bending down to their level, "Mommy and Daddy have to leave now but, you girls are going to stay here and play and we will be back to get you later."
"Okay Mama," Heather said wrapping her arms around Olivia's neck for a hug.
"Bye Mama," Hannah said.
Olivia waved bye to them as they took off running for all of the toys. Olivia stood up and watched them through the window as David tried to pry her away.
"They didn't even tell me they loved me!" Olivia cried.
David wrapped his arms around her and whispered comforting things into her ear, "They love you Liv. We have to go, they are fine."
Olivia sighed and wiped the few tears that escaped her eyes away. She walked away from the window and outside of the daycare not letting go of David's embrace.
She had a hard time letting them go at all the first few days but, after awhile she realized they had fun there and she felt a little better about taking them.
"Mommy look!" Hannah said rushing into Olivia's arms, "I painted you a picture!"
"It's beautiful!" Olivia gleamed.
"I made you one too!" Heather said following her sister's motion.
"I love them," Olivia smiled. She gave both of them a kiss on their cheeks and held their hands as they walked to the car where David was waiting.
"Daddy!" they both exclaimed.
"Hey my angels," David smiled, "Did you have a good day at school?"
"We made Mommy pictures," Heather replied.
"And we read Cinderella at story time!" Hannah added.
Olivia had buckled them into their booster seats and climbed in the front seat herself when David brought the car to life, "That's great!"
Car rides with the girls where never easy. They both got bored very easily and always had to have something to occupy them. David had recently bought a soundtrack to one of their many favorite movies and popped it into the car radio. This made them sing along but, at least they were being still and not pulling each other's hair or kicking the back of the seats.
When they pulled up in front of their house David and Olivia each helped a kid out of their seat and into the house. They had gotten used to working together since they had two kids because raising twins wasn't easy. When the kids were younger they once forgot who was who.
"Go wash your hands and I will have your snack ready," Olivia stated.
Both girls took off running to the bathroom to see who could get their first.
"Aren't they rotten?" David asked laughing as he took two small cups from the cabinet.
"Yes," Olivia answered cutting up some apples, "They got that from you."
David sat the jug of apple juice down on the counter and turned to face Olivia, "In your dreams."
"They are my dreams," Olivia smiled. They were able to get one quick kiss in before the girls walked in interrupting them.
"Oooo," Hannah mocked, "Mommy, boys have cooties!"
Heather laughed at her sister's joke as she climbed into her special seat at the kitchen table. It was her special seat because her Princess placemat was placed in front of it.
"That's right," Olivia laughed, "So don't ever kiss a boy." She finished cutting up the apples and scooping a little bit of peanut butter onto each plate placing them in front of the girls. David had sat their cups of apple juice in front of them an told them not to spill it.
"So girls," Olivia said cleaning up after their messes, "Your birthday is coming up."
"Are we going to have cake?" Heather questioned.
Olivia nodded her head, "Of course we will have cake. What do you guys think about having a Nemo party?"
Both girls' eyes grew wide as they imagined having a Nemo birthday. "Yes!" Heather screamed, "I love Nemo!"
"I thought you would like that," Olivia smiled, "Now go play in the toy room until dinner time."
The girls did as told while Olivia and David sat in the living room working on the details of their party.
Soooo, what do you think? Off to a good start?
