The boys slept in until 10:30 before waking up to the smell of Neville's Full English being cooked down stairs. Edmond was on his feet in no time, and Frederick helped Jasper down from the big bed. The three boys wandered down the stairs, hair even messier than normal, and then piled around the little kitchen table.
"Good morning boys." Neville said with a smile, leaving the food cooking with a bit of magic as he went over to kiss each of the boys. There were smiles and sleepy giggles all around. Neville returned to the stove and took over cooking again, preferring to do it himself when he had time.
"How did you sleep…" Edmond yawned, "Daddy?" Neville couldn't help but let out a stifled chuckle at the perpetually sleepy boy.
"Very well, Ed, thank you for asking." He smiled, starting to get things ready for plating. There was a follow up of a mumbled, "Welcome." from Edmond, and Neville turned to the boys. "Go wash up please, Breakfast will be ready when you get back."
As the boys came back from the bathroom Neville was sitting down at the table. There were four plates of varying sizes set out in everyone's usual spot with Ginny's seat left empty. The boys all bowed their heads and said thanks before diving into their meals. Neville ate with a smile, happy to watch his boys enjoy their meals.
After a bit Jasper broke the silence. "I miss Mummy already…" He said softly, looking up at Neville across the table.
"Me too." Edmond added, earning a nod from Frederick. Neville nodded his head softly, patting Frederick's back as he was sitting closest to him.
"Now I know you all miss your Mother, and I do too… but she has a very important job being an Editor and she needs to be at this conference. We all want Mummy to be happy and work hard right..?" Neville asked with a soft smile as he looked at each of the boys. They all nodded solemnly, staying quiet until Neville spoke again. "We're all going to have a fun week, I promise. We can play in the snow, or make hot cocoa, and you don't have any school so we have plenty of time. Won't that be fun?" He asked, smiling a bit larger now. The boys nodded again, smiling a bit larger.
"Can we make Christmas cookies for Mummy when she gets back?" Jasper asked with a big smile.
Neville nodded happily. "Of course we can."