Chapter 11
A day in the life on a weekend.
For P.J.'s sixth birthday a part was planned as usual. P.J.'s friends: Alyssa and a little boy named Miles along with a bunch of kids from her class were coming. Of course, Billie, Austin, Elise, Victor, Darryl and Sheila were coming as well. Grams and Patty were summoned because Prue had an announcement and Phoebe did as well. Christy had offered to stay in her room since she was allowed out at that point, however Phoebe invited her to join the party.
When she woke up she was greeted by Belle who jumped on top of her and licked her face clean. Parker crawled up onto her sister's bed and snuggled up to her. When she had enough dog slobber on her face P.J. beamed her and her sister to the kitchen where everyone else was awake.
"Good morning birthday girl" Phoebe stated when P.J. seated herself at the table.
The party started at one like usual, and again as usual the kids played while the adults talked. Wyatt, Chris and Darryl junior were reading instead of playing. P.J., Melinda, the twins and their friends were playing cats and dogs. Henry, and Parker were dancing together. Payton and Preston were playing together as well.
"So what's the update on P.J.?" Victor asked even though he had been around a-lot that year.
"Well P.J.'s gotten to be more independent at times, and she's not as loud as the others" Phoebe said.
"She is still sneaky and mischievous though" Coop stated.
"How's the pregnancy Phoebe" Sheila asked.
"Let's just say I'm glad there's only a month to go" Phoebe replied.
"Have you picked a name yet" Darryl asked.
"Yes and I'll announce it at supper" Phoebe stated.
For supper Piper made shepherd's pie since P.J. had asked for it for a week. Everyone gathered around in the living room instead of some there and some in the kitchen. Before Piper served the meal it was time for the announcements.
"I can have your attention. Coop and I have decided on a name for our newest daughter" Phoebe stated.
"We have decided to name our daughter Patty after Phoebe's mother" Coop announced.
"Thanks sweet heart" Patty said and got up to hug her daughter.
"Hold on Piper I've got an announcement two" Prue stated getting up.
"Phoebe you're not the only one who's adding to the family… I just found out yesterday…I'm pregnant" Prue announced.
At this news the girls screamed and hugged Prue. The guys simply patted Andy on his back. The children hugged Prue as well, however Payton and Preston didn't understand what was going on.
"Guess what Payton, your brother's going to be a big brother" Andy informed his daughter.
"Does that mean mommy's having another baby" Payton asked.
"Yes honey" Prue replied.
"And are you the daddy" Payton asked her father.
"Of course" Andy replied and hugged his daughter.
A couple of days later Preston woke up around five. Andy was out with a charge, so Prue picked up Preston and brought him over to the changing table. Prue changed his diaper as Andy orbed home. Prue went back to bed while Andy stayed up entertaining Preston.
Around seven Payton woke up and beamed into her dad's room. She loved having morning cuddles with her dad and baby brother. Parker also woke up and told Belle to wake up P.J., which Belle did happily. The girls beamed down to the kitchen where the adults except Andy and Prue were eating. They seated themselves at the table and Piper began making pancakes.
Not long after the twins orbed in with little Henry and sat down at the table just as Piper finished making the first patch of pancakes. Piper served them to P.J., Parker, the twins and Henry as Andy orbed in with baby Preston and Payton. Piper then began making a second batch of pancakes. A few minutes later Melinda orbed down with Wyatt. Piper finished her second batch of pancakes and served them.
After breakfast Piper, Prue, Phoebe, Paige and Henry got ready for work. After they left for work the children were finished eating and Christy was at Billie's house for the day. Andy, Leo and Coop brought the kids upstairs to the bathroom and washed them up with face clothes.
The kids then got dressed and brushed their hair and teeth. Coop had to dress Parker and brush her teeth, Andy and Henry dressed Payton and Preston. Afterwards the kids went down to the living room to watch cartoons. Leo entered Wyatt and Chris's room where Chris was still sleeping as usual.
"Chris time to get up" Leo said and gently shook him awake.
Chris tiredly orbed to the kitchen where Leo served him left over pancakes. After eating Chris dressed himself and bushed then joined the others in the living room for cartoons. While the kids were busy with cartoons, the adults took care of the house work. Leo cleaned the bedroom, Andy did the dishes while Coop started the laundry.
After an hour of cartoons the kids got into their snow outfits and went to the park with Leo. Coop and Andy stayed at the manor. Coop put the first lord of laundry in the washing machine then fed Belle. Andy put the second load of laundry in the washing machine.
At the park the kids were making snow man and snow angels. Payton got upset when Preston crawled through her snow angel. Wyatt and Chris who were pushing each other around accidently knocked over the snow man Melinda and the twins made. Melinda was mad but got over it pretty fast, the twins however were very upset and pushed the boy's into the snow.
"Tamora Kat that is not acceptable, the boy's didn't mean to knock over frosty" Leo said and put the twin's on a time out on a nearby bench for six minutes.
Back at the manor another hour had gone by. Coop was folding the first load of clean laundry. Andy placed the second load in the dryer and put the third load in the washing machine. As Coop began sorting the clothes in piles, such as Wyatt's shirts, Melinda's socks, Leo arrived home with the kids.
"Ok kids quiet time to your rooms" Leo said.
The kids all gathered in Wyatt and Chris's room. Quiet time just meant they had to play quietly in their rooms while the adults did the hose work. They told each other some jokes to pass the time.
Leo started to help coop fold the clothes when Phoebe and Prue returned home for lunch. They said hi to the children and the guys then had so lunch and went back to work. As they left Andy gave Coop and Leo the second load of clean laundry to fold and sort.
Leo then put the already sorted and folded clothes in basest and went up to the rooms to put them away. Coop continued with the folding and sorting. Andy then put the third load of laundry in the dryer and the fourth load in the washing machine. The fourth load was the beginning of the whites, the first three loads was the coloured clothing.
On the first floor Leo put away his and Piper's clothing. Then put Paige and Henry's clothing on their bed. Leo handed the kids there clothing to put away themselves. He then went back to Cop in the Livingroom and filled the basket with clothes again.
At noon Paige and Henry returned home for lunch. They made lunch for them and for the children then went back to work. The children ate while the guys fished with the folding and sorting, which included the third load. This was done while the fourth load was drying and the last load was washing.
After lunch the children helped the dads put the clothes in baskets then each carried their own basket of their clothes to their rooms and put them away. Preston was still taking his afternoon nap. After putting their clothes away the boy's made their beds.
Afterwards Andy and Coop did arts and crafts with the children in kitchen. During this Leo folded the fourth load of laundry and the last load was drying. Once all the laundry was washed, dried, folded and sorted Leo placed them in the baskets. The kids took them up to their rooms and put them away.
It was then two and Prue came home from work along with Phoebe. The girls put their laundry away then helped clean up the arts and crafts. The kids were in the living room playing with Legos and Preston was walking around holding Andy's hands.
Since the kids' rooms were a mess they were sent to clean them up. Phoebe helped Parker with her room and Prue had to help Payton with hers. This took an hour and half, by then Paige was home from work as well. The kids were then dancing to music. Paige joined in and was having so much fun she didn't notice Prue filming her.
"Hey give me that camera" Paige stated and chased Prue as if they were five years old.
Piper and Henry arrived home while Phoebe was making supper. The kids were playing nicely in the living room and Preston just finished in the play pen. Prue came along and took Preston out of the crib and changed his diaper for the third time that day. When she came back to the kitchen with Preston in her arms it was time to eat.
Prue placed Preston in his high chair as the other sat down at the table. Piper and Henry served everyone the chicken and rice. After getting their own plates they joined the others at the table. Belle was being ignore standing by P.J. and Parker, the two who usually fed her against Piper's wishes.
When they each finished the put their dirty dishes in the sink and pushed in their chair. Since it was Sunday after supper was homework time. Piper, Phoebe and Henry helped Wyatt, Chris, Melinda, the twins, P.J. and Henry Jr. with their homework. Meanwhile the other adults played cards with the children who didn't have homework and/or didn't attend school.
As usual the first ten minutes was filled with the kids complaining, refusing to do it, or playing dumb to try to fool their parent's into doing it for them. However they finally gave up and did their homework. The actual doing of the homework usually took about an hour depending on the subject and the mood of the children.
By that time it was 6:30 p.m. It was time for the little kids to take their bath and get ready for bed. Each floor had one bathroom, so Payton, Parker, Henry Jr. and P.J. got to go first. P.J. was old enough to bath herself but the other three still needed help.
After bath time Payton, Parker, Henry Jr. and P.J. got into their pajamas, brushed their hair and then brushed their teeth. It was then 7:10. While they played, the twins, Melinda, Chris and Wyatt had their baths. Tamora and Kat were still young enough to take baths together, this allowed enough bathtubs for the remaining kids. Once their baths were over they got into their pajamas and brushed their hair and teeth.
Then everyone gathered in the living room for the bedtime story. That night it was Henry who read them the story, which was little red riding hood. After the story it was time for the kids to go to bed.
Prue walked up to her room holding baby Preston who was fast asleep. In her room she placed Preston in his crib and kissed his little cheek. Andy orbed up to Payton's room holding Payton was also fast asleep. As he tucked her into bed Prue came along. They kissed their daughter good night, then Andy orbed them down to the living room.
Piper and Le first entered Melinda's room where Melinda had just gotten into bed. Piper tucked her in and they kissed her goodnight. They then walked into Wyatt and Chris's room and bided them good night. Phoebe and Coop tucked their daughters into bed and kissed them good night.
Paige and Henry had an easy time getting their son to bed. However the twins kept getting out of bed and jumping on them. For a while Paige and Henry kept putting them back to bed. However they finally realized they should let them jump until it tired them out and passed out on their own, and lucky for them actually worked.
In Livingroom the adults talked quietly waiting for Billie to bring Christy back. When there was a knock on the door it was Phoebe who answered it. Sure enough Billie and Christy were standing there.
"Where there any problems" Phoebe asked Billie.
"Nope none at all, we had a great time" Billie said.
"I'm glad come along Christy" Phoebe said after using her power of Empathy to make sure Billie was telling the truth.
Christy and Billie hugged which made Phoebe smile, it must be very special for Billie to have her sister back as a good witch. Christy bided the other adults good night then went to bed in her magic proof bedroom. Once Christy was asleep the other adults went to bed as well.