"Baby," Kris heard his husband calling him from Ryleigh's bedroom down the hallway. "Can you bring me my eyeliner please?"
Kris stopped what he was doing, dressing Avery into her Halloween costume on his and Adam's bed to look up. "You better not be putting make up on my daughter."
There was a long silent pause. "Oh come on, just a little."
"Adam," he said in a warning tone.
"Just a little! To...you know...make her eyes pop!"
"She is six years old, she's naturally beautiful, she doesn't need any popping eyes."
Avery giggled and started sucking on her tiny balled up fist.
"Your Papa is silly huh, baby girl?" Kris smiled down at his younger daughter and kissed her on her little nose.
"How about a little blush to make her cheeks rosy?"
Kris sighed as he put a small pink sock on Avery. "That's fine but that is all."
"Can you please bring it to me?"
Kris finished up putting Avery's pink Super girl costume on before picking her up and kissing her forehead. He walked to the bathroom attached to the bedroom and dug through his husband's make up bag until he found the blush and brush and headed toward Ryleigh's bedroom.
"Aww, sweetheart you look beautiful!" Kris said as he walked into the room and looked down at his six year old daughter decked out in her Alice in Wonderland costume.
"Thanks, Daddy," she smiled.
Adam sat back on his knees on the floor brushing Ryleigh's hair, making the light brown waves look perfect under the black heart headband.
Kris tapped the blush and brush on Adam's shoulder and he reached back to take it. "Thanks, baby."
"Yeah yeah, I'm your own personal slave," Kris sighed walking around to sit on Ryleigh's bed with Avery on his lap.
"You know it, babe," Adam winked at his husband making his chuckle.
"When are we leaving, Papa?" Ryleigh whined. "I want candy!"
"We're leaving soon, sweetheart," Adam said.
"Not before we take pictures though," Kris said bouncing Avery on his knee gently.
Ryleigh whined. "Why do we have to take pictures?"
"It's your little sister's first Halloween, your Daddy and I want pictures," Adam said as he finished up blushing his daughter's cheeks.
Ryleigh sighed and looked down before she remembered something and her head popped up.
"Papa! Aren't you going to wear your costume too?"
"Costume? Adam, you got a costume?" Kris eyed his husband curiously.
"Shh, honey, it was supposed to be a surprise," Adam smiled at Ryleigh and reached forward to tickle her for a few seconds. She giggled loudly.
"Yes I did," Adam turned to look at his husband smiling close lipped.
"You haven't worn a costume in years," Kris said.
"All the more reason to wear one now," Adam shrugged. "I wore a costume on Ryleigh's first Halloween remember?"
Kris nodded.
"So I figured why not wear one this year too."
"Right...You're a vampire again aren't you?"
Adam tried to stifle a smile.
Kris laughed. "You're a vampire every year."
"I don't see a problem with that," Adam shrugged.
"Alright, go put it on," Kris shooed Adam away with his hand. "I'll take the girls to the porch to set up for pictures."
Kris had just set Ryleigh down on the porch step and handed Avery to her to hold on her lap when Adam walked out the front door. Kris' jaw dropped staring at his husband.
Adam was dressed in black leather pants, a very low black v-neck cotton shirt and his hair was gelled up with a heavy amount of glitter and he wore knee high black lace up boots and two tiny white vampire teeth stuck out over his lip slightly. Kris couldn't take his eyes away. Adam laughed at his husband's expression.
"You alright?"
"You look great," Kris said looking Adam up and down.
"Well you're giving me a creeper stare right now, so knock it off," Adam teased.
Kris chuckled and rubbed the back of his own neck. "You just look really good."
"You said that already," Adam laughed at his ability to make Kris speechless.
Kris walked closer to Adam and put his hand on his cheek and kissed him, vampire teeth and all, slowly and passionately.
"Ew, guys!" Ryleigh said.
Kris and Adam broke apart laughing.
"Sorry, honey," Kris said chuckling before walking back to stand in front of his family with the camera.
Ryleigh turned around to look at Adam. "You look great, Papa! When I turn twelve I'm going to be a vampire just like you!"
Adam and Kris shared a look.
Kris took a variety of pictures. Mostly of Ryleigh and Avery, with Avery on her big sister's lap and Ryleigh smiling her beautiful dimpled smile at the camera. Some with Adam, Ryleigh and Avery together. Avery sitting on Adam's lap and Adam's arm around Ryleigh. Then Kris and Adam switched and Kris was in the pictures with his daughter's.
Adam came up with the idea to perch the camera on the empty bird bath to take a timed picture of all four of them as a family together on Halloween.
"Alright, we're done, let's go!" Ryleigh was getting impatient and bored.
Adam picked up Avery.
"Alright, baby, here take this," Kris handed Ryleigh her candy carrying pumpkin and held her hand as they walked down the walk way toward the sidewalk together.
"Why didn't you dress up, Daddy?"
"He did," Adam said.
Kris eyed his husband, confused.
"He's a lumberjack," Adam teased pinching at Kris' dark blue and black plaid shirt.
"Very funny."
