BPOV
Okay today was so not what I had bargained for. First off Elli had thrown up again multiple times last night and then this morning in an attempt to keep me asleep longer Edward gave Mason breakfast. Which included cereal and tons and tons of sugar. I loved that man but I swear there are times when I could kill him.
Elli was lying on the couch wrapped up in a blanket watching cartoons and Mason was running around like a wild man in absolutely nothing. "Mason you need to put on some underwear. It's not polite to go running around naked."
He didn't stop he just spoke. Currently he was doing circles around the living room. Elli was laughing. "But daddy does it."
I smacked my forehead. This was not going well. "Daddy does not do it. At least not in the middle of the day when people can see through all the windows."
He had paused while I explained and I took that time to dodge at him, but quicker than me he still managed to escape and run up the stairs into his room and lock the door. I slowly followed him up the stairs and knocked on his bedroom door. "Mason Anthony you better be putting on some underwear in there. You can pick out whatever pair you want as long as they come from your dresser not you hamper."
I heard his muffled voice from behind the door. "But mommy I wanted to wear my spiderman ones."
"Mason you wore those yesterday and your other pair the day before. How about we go with superman today."
"No!"
"Fine then you can stay in there until you put something on. When you come out you better have clean underwear on." I sighed and walked away back down the stairs to Elli. I sat down on the couch next to her. "Please tell me that you won't do this to me Elli. Please be good for mommy today."
She crawled over dragging her blanket and sat in my lap. I spread the blanket out across both of us. "I won't mommy. I pwomise." She studied my face for a moment before speaking again. She put her hand over her eyes and laughed. "But daddy did do it mommy."
I tickled her slightly then kissed her head. "I know he did and I will have to talk to him about that won't I?" She nodded her head then faced the T.V. once again. Elli fell asleep and I laid her back down on the couch. Then I heard little feet coming down the stairs looked over and saw Mason completely dressed.
"Okay get over here little man. Mom wants to see what underwear you have on." He gladly skipped to me and stopped right in front of my spot on the couch. I stuck my finger in his waist band so I could take a peek at what pair he had on. I rolled my eyes and let it go. At least it was something. "Fine go run and grab your blanket upstairs it's nap time now."
"But mommy I just got dressed."
"Well that's what happens when you take so long. Either go grab it or go lay down on the couch over there." Of course he ran to the couch and quickly laid down. I pushed myself up and ran upstairs grabbed his blanket and covered him. Then I took the remote and turned it to a show I wanted to watch. I turned on Trading Spacs knowing that Mason wouldn't enjoy it and actually try to fall asleep.
"Mommy no. Why can't we watch something fun?"
"Because now it's mommy's turn to have the T.V. it's your turn to go to sleep." He quickly realizig I wasn't going to give in turned away from the television and shut his eyes. Within ten minutes he was out. I took that as my cue to be able to clean up from this morning. I finished the dishes in the sink and started the dishwasher. Then I moved to the living room. I grabbed the blocks and put them away. And finished mopping up the bathroom from Mason's bath. Everything was done and I sat down on the couch. As I was about to shut my eyes hoping to get at least a few minutes of rest Elli sprung from the couch straight into the bathroom. I followed her in but when I got there she hadn't puked.
"Elli honey are you okay?"
"Yeah mommy. But I want more medicine. You said when I woke up from nap I could have more medicine."
"I did didn't I." I checked my watch to make sure I wasn't doubling doses. I wasn't so I grabbed the Tylenol from the cabinet. I measured it out and she swallowed it quickly. It was obvious her head still bothered her so she wanted anything that would take away some of that pain. I know the Tylenol didn't relieve all of it but at least it helped. "Hey Elli do you want to help mommy make cookies. I will give you your own dough and everything."
"Okay!" I picked her up and we went to the kitchen I got down all the ingredients that I needed and began mixing. I made a small bowl of batter for Elli. "Mommy how big do I make the cookies?"
"As big as you want sweetheart, but here." I stood behind her and grabbed a sample size in my hand then rolled it and put it on her pan. "How about that big?"
She followed exactly what I did and put it on the pan. "Like that?"
"Perfect." I said. I went over to the microwave and turned on the radio above it. Then I proceeded back to my own bowl. We were content for a while. My cookies were on the pan and the oven was preheating. Elli was taking longer though, she wanted her cookies to be perfect. I was watching her and all of a sudden the radio was blaring. I screamed and turned around to see Mason on top of the counter.
"Mason get down." At getting caught he quickly jumped down not wanting to get caught but accidently took down the bag of flour with him. I leaned back against the wall trying to calm down since I felt like blowing up at him. I knew that wouldn't help anything. Mason was covered. My kitchen was covered. I closed my eyes then heard a retching noise, before crying. I turned quickly to see Elli balling her eyes out. She had thrown up inside all of her cookie dough.
I quickly grabbed her and hugged her. "Are you okay sweetie?"
"Mommy my cookies." She was pointing her tiny little hand at her station. I followed her line and saw that it wasn't only in her bowl it was all over her "perfect" cookies and all over my sheet as well.
"I know honey it's okay we can make more later."
"Hey guys I'm home!" Just then Edward walked through the kitchen door and froze. "Oof. What happened in here."
I just glared at him. "You get to take flour child and give him another bath today. I will clean up Elli and the kitchen." He just stared at me. "Now Edward! Does it look like I'm kidding?" He snapped out of it and grabbed Mason before going up the stairs.
"Mommy are you mad at me?" I looked back down at Elli.
"Oh no sweetheart. I'm not mad at you." I put her down on the counter next to the sink. "Here sweetie let's wash you up. Do you want to spit?" She nodded and rinsed her mouth out before spitting. I noticed the throw up in her hair. "Hon you have to go take a bath too." I grabbed her and made my way to the bath tub downstairs. Edward had Mason in the one upstairs. I stripped her down once I had started the water. I picked her up and placed her into the water. "Hey let's wash your hair first baby and then you can play for a while how does that sound."
"Good." She laid down submerging her hair. I quickly laced my hands with shampoo and washed it. Then I threw in some conditioner that stays in.
"Elli I'm just going to go clean up the kitchen. You holler if you need anything okay?"
She shook her head and I left going back to my messy kitchen. I started with the cookie stuff. I just through it all out. Then as I was washing down the counters and the floor Edward came back in. "Where's Elli?"
"She's in the tub. Can you do me a favor and grab the trash bag and throw it outside, it's going to make me barf." He grabbed it and quickly disposed of it. As he returned I had just finished with the kitchen it was back to spic and span. I sat down at the table and Edward sat next to me. "Where's Mason?"
"Oh he's in his room. He told me what happened so I said he could sit in his room for a while."
"Edward he didn't really do anything wrong. The radio was playing his favorite song."
"I know but he seemed pretty tired anyways. I mean it is after six he could want to sleep."
"Sure you get home and then the sugar high runs out. What were you thinking giving him sugar literally plain sugar for breakfast?"
"Was he really that bad?"
"Yes for the first two hours I was up with them this morning he was running around in absolutely nothing and then locked himself in his room. Remind me again why you think it's a good idea for a two year to have a lock on their door."
"I just thought that it would be nice for them to have privacy when they were older I never thought that he would know how to use it so early."
"Fine I'll let that one go. But it's your fault that he was naked too."
"How in the world is that my fault?"
"I told him it wasn't okay to do it and he simply stated that daddy does." I showed him my imitation of Mason's puppy dog eyes. He sighed.
"That was one time. You were in the upstairs shower. I had to take one down here and I left my clothes thinking that it wouldn't be a big deal. Sorry there was no towels left down here." I laughed at his expression.
"I know hun. I'm not mad at you I just want you to talk to him about it."
"I'm assuming that's why he was wearing Elli's my little pony underwear today?"
"Yes he wouldn't put on anything else. I just let it go."
He grabbed my hand and kissed it. "How are you today?"
I smiled at him. "I'm fine I had a bout of morning sickness earlier but I've been okay since then."
"Good you still need to take care of yourself babe." I leaned in and kissed him. Then I heard a splash from the bathroom.
"Elli are you okay?"
"Yeah mommy but I want to get out now."
"Ka I'm coming." I quickly got up and went in. I grabbed a towel and wrapped her up. I brought her upstairs putting her in pajamas. "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat a snack before bed?"
She shook her head so I just placed her in the covers and kissed her shut off the light and closed her door. I went back down and made a sandwich and sat down by Edward who had his own. "So how was work today?"
"Oh not bad. We didn't really have a lot going on. So I just came home and decided to call it a day."
"Well I'm glad you did. I didn't want to be mad at Mason but I'm not sure that if I had to clean him up again today that I would be very kind."
"You look tired."
"I'm exhausted. I think I'm just going to go take a shower and then hop into bed maybe read a book or something."
His hand reached across the table and toyed with a bit of my hair. "You know you look pretty sexy with flour in your hair. Think I have a chance of joining you?"
His eyes were lit up and I felt bad but I really was exhausted. "Sorry hun I think I really just need to get in and get out. But I promise a rain check for later okay." I got up and kissed him gently before going up to our room.
When I got out of the shower Edward was in bed, not asleep but lying down. I went to our dresser and grabbed out a pair of pjs. Once changed I crawled up next to him. As I grabbed off my socks I complained. "Ugh. My feet are killing me I've been on them all day." Soon I felt a different pair of hands on them. Edward was rubbing them and it felt like heaven.
"God you don't even know how good that feels. Thank you."
"You my dear need your rest. Just go ahead and fall asleep I will continue until your out." I smiled at him and he kissed my lips before I closed my eyes.
