"Shopping"
"Let's go, Chris!" Rachel called to her son, who was upstairs, supposedly getting dressed.
"I'm coming, Mommy!" yelled the four-year-old, bounding down the steps. Rachel looked up from her grocery list to see her son standing proudly in front of her in his Batman costume.
"Look Mommy, I put my cape on all by myself! Can I wear this to the grocery store?" Chris asked, his brown eyes hopeful.
"Of course you can, baby," she answered, "I'm sure that everyone at the store will feel safe knowing that Batman is around! Go get daddy, okay?"
"Coming, babe!" yelled Finn from the next room. He raised his eyebrows at the sight of his costume-clad preschooler.
"Uh, you wearing that to go shopping, buddy?" he asked.
"Sure, why not?" said Rachel. "He's got a great sense of theatricality," she giggled.
"Yes he does," Finn laughed, "another trait he inherited from his beautiful mommy," he said, wrapping his arms around his wife.
"Oh, I wouldn't say he only gets it from me, honey. KISS makeup? Red rubber Gaga dress? Ring any bells?" teased Rachel sweetly.
Finn's grinned broadly, remembering their Glee Club days back at McKinley. "Do you ever forget anything, baby?" he asked, kissing her on the cheek.
"Nope!" she laughed. "C'mon you two, Mommy's got rehearsal at 4. We'd better get to the store now if we're going to have time for the playground."
Finn and Rachel walked out of their apartment building, smiling, Chris between them holding both of their hands.
"Let's do one-two-three-wheeee, Mommy and Daddy!" shouted Chris excitedly.
"Okay, just one time, sweetie," said Rachel, "Daddy's sore from his training." Finn had been helping the police cadets prepare for their physical fitness exam, and he felt like he could barely move.
"Oh, Mommy, you're so silly. Daddy is a big strong police officer. He stops bad guys all day! giggled Chris.
"That's right, kiddo!" laughed Finn. "Let's show Mommy what we do with the bad guys!" said Finn. He picked up his tiny wife and put her over his shoulder, still walking hand-in-hand with Chris.
"FINN! FINN, put me down! STOP IT!" Rachel protested. Chris clapped his hands and cheered, "Yay, Daddy! Spin Mommy around really fast!"
"CHRIS, tell Daddy to put Mommy down!" she shouted, "FINN, oh my gosh, you are SO embarassing!" she exclaimed, her face flushed with red. She couldn't contain her smile, though, as her handsome husband placed her gently back on the ground, keeping his hand on the small of her back.
"Sorry, babe," he said with his irresistable grin.
"Mommy, you're not mad, are you?" asked Chris.
"Of course not, Batman," she said. "Your daddy is a big sillyhead, but I love him anyway," she smiled, giving her husband a playful punch in the arm. "In fact, I love him because he's a big sillyhead. He always makes me smile, no matter what," she said, nuzzling her nose into Finn's arm.
"Daddy makes me smile too, Mommy. Like this morning, when he let me have THREE DONUTS for breakfast!"
Finn looked at his wife, shrugging with embarassment. "Busted," he whispered.
Rachel laughed as she grabbed her husband's hand. "Yes you are," she said, "Its tofu and sprouts for everybody tonight."
Okaaaaaay," Finn and Chris groaned.
Hey, let's race, guys!" yelled Chris.
Finn and Rachel smiled at each other and chased down their son, and the three of them raced into the grocery store, giggling all the way.
