Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds or its characters. I don't own the movie Christmas Magic. I do own all the characters that you do not reconize from the show.
December 23th, 2014. Around noon.
At noon on the twenty-third, Alexa and Jon gathered the kids up downstairs. For the last couple of months, the oldest kids, Mai, Kenzie, and Maddie, had been telling Grace, Jai-Jai, and Jenny that someone named Santa would come on the twenty-fifth.
They said he would bring them lots of presents because they had been good that year.
"Ok guys, first I want to tell you that I just talked to Aunt JJ. She said her and Emily and your cousins are going to come spend Christmas with us." There was a chorus cheers before Alexa continued.
"But, Santa will be coming late this year. Aunt JJ and Emily are going to spend Christmas with JJ's mom and then they will be here the day after Christmas."
"So when are we actually going to celebrate Christmas?" Maicee asks.
"This year the twenty-sixth is going to be like Christmas Eve. So Santa wil come then and we'll celebrate Christmas Day on the twenty-seventh."
"Does anyone have any questions?"
Everyone gives negative responses and then are allowed to go back to whatever they were doing.
"Can we go play in the snow, please?" Lilli asks.
"Sure, but you need to put some warm clothes on first. Go find you jacket, gloves, and scarves, and I'll go get the other clothes you need." Alexa tells her.
The kids bundle up with help from the oldest triplets. Alexa and Jon put Jessi, Jo, Jeremiah in some sweats and jackets. They only stay out for about 10 minutes before it gets to cold, but they still have a great time.
December 26th, 2014. Around 4:30 p.m.
The drive back home was a long one. JJ and Emily packed up the clothes and gathered the kids up with their presents in the backseat and then they headed back home to the Johnsons' house.
"Aunt 'Lexa! Uncle Jon!" The kids shout in unison.
"Hey! There's my little munchkin! How are you guys?" Jon says, letting the kids hug him while Alexa helps JJ and Emily with the bags.
Inside the house, the kids run up to the double doors leading to the yard when they see Emily and JJ in the kitchen. Maicee slides the door open and pokes her head into the kitchen.
"Aunt JJ! Emily! You're here." She disappears from the door and comes back with more kids.
"Aunt Jenny! You're here!" Grace shouts, before she shrinks back and looks afraid. "I am sorry. I did not mean to tell." She says.
Alexa starts to walk over to her but JJ stops when she sees Kenzie bend down beside her.
"Gray," She whispers her special nickname that only she uses for Gracie. "You're okay. It's okay that you shouted, you're just excited to see Aunt Jenny. Right?"
"Mhmm." Gracie nods.
"Ok, well, that's ok. But you need to use your inside voice when we're in the house. Deal?" Kenzie holds her hand out which Gracie shakes.
"Ok, girls do you want to come in? You can have hot chocolate and decorate Christmas cookies while you wait for supper to finish cooking." Alexa says.
A chorus of 'Yeahs!' And 'okays' sound through the room.
Later that night. 9 p.m.
"Alright guys, it's bedtime. Come on, let's go. You all need to get lots of rest so Santa will come tonight." Alexa says. The Johnson kids go upstairs and get ready for bed while JJ, Emily, and the kids go downstairs into the basement.
Jon had turned the playroom into a makeshift bedroom with bunk beds for the little kids and a makeshift bed for JJ and Emily.
"Momma? Will Santa really come and leave us presents again tonight?" Anah asks as Emily is tucking her in.
"Yes, he will. Your Aunt Jenny and I talked to him and he said that it wouldn't be fair if you didn't get at least get a few presents."
"But listen. I don't want you to be upset if you don't get very many presents, okay?"
"That's ok, Mommy. We already got lots of presents at Nana's house." Addiesan says.
"Good girl. Now, I love you guys. Good night and sweet dreams."
"Good night, Momma. I love you. Good night, Aunt Jenny, and sissy, and Henry, and AJ." Anah lists off each person causing JJ to laugh and Emily to shake her head in amusement.
"Good night guys. I love y'all." JJ says.
December 27th, 2014. Christmas Day again. 7:26 a.m.
The next morning JJ and Emily are woken up by the kids.
"Mommy! Wake up, Santa came again!" Emily's not sure who shouted it as said person was gone by the time she opened her eyes. She hears JJ groan beside her.
"What time is it?" The question is muffled by her pillow.
Emily grabs her phone off the table beside the bed. "7:30ish." She says, standing up and going to the stairs knowing JJ will follow her.
Upstairs in the living room the tree is surrounded by presents and children.
"Momma, look! Santa brought me new bike!" The twins go over to the tree where to bikes sit. One is pink with purple streamers and the other is purple with pink streamers.
"Wow! What else did Santa bring you?" Emily asks. In order for it to be more organized this year, each kid got a bag in their favorite color with their name stitched on the side. They are scattered around the living room, each having a pile of things strewn around them.
"Gracie," Jenny whispers. "Be careful. We will get punished if we make a mess, remember? We're not supposed to touch presents without permission."
Gracelynn drops the box of markers that's in her hands and backs away. "M-mommy, I am s-s-sorry, I did not mean to touch. Please do not hurt me. I will be better, I promise."
Jaicee's head snaps up and she looks at Grace. Whenever Grace or one of the other girls got into trouble, Jackson punished them. Jaicee remembers this, also dropping the box with a race car in it and backing up behind Gracelynn.
"Gracie, Grace, baby, you're ok. You're fine." Alexa tells her in a soothing voice. "Those presents are for you, remember? You were given those presents by Santa Clause. You can open them, they are all yours and no one else's." Alexa repeats this to Jaicee and Jenny before giving them all a hug.
A few minutes later they are all calmed down and go back to their bags. The mood in room had taken a dramatic turn downhill but was soon lifted back up by the others each shouting out joy about what they had received.
The oldest girls, Maicee, Mackenzie, and Madelyn, each get a set of headphone from Santa. They get new iPods and an iTunes card for music and other things.
Maicee gets a pair of blue headphones with pink butterflies and a navy blue case for her phone and iPod. Mackenzie gets plain red headphones and an orange and white striped phone and iPod case. Maddie gets a pair of purple headphones and purple cases for her phone and iPod.
The oldest twins, Grace and Lilli, get an art set each. This summer Grace had taken a liking to Maicee's paint set and really wanted one of her own. They too get an iPod each and a ten dollar iTunes card.
Jai-Jai gets a purple and Jenny gets a blue race car along with a controller that can be used the race the two cars against each other. The youngest kids of them all are Jessi, Jo-Jo, and 'Miah are too young to really understand, but they do get that they got lots of presents for being good.
"Dada, twuck!" 'Miah holds up the truck that Jon just opened for him happily.
"What does the truck say, 'Miah?" He asks.
"Voom! Voom!"
"Very good, baby."
After a few more minutes of playing with their toys, Alexa and Jon decide it's time for breakfast.
"What does everyone want for breakfast?"
"Can you make chocolate chip pancakes?" Kenzie asks.
"Sure, is that what everyone else wants?" Alexa asks.
She's met with a chorus of 'yeses' and 'yeahs.'
"Jay, what do you want to eat and I'll go help fix it."
"French toast." JJ replies distractedly. She has Jenny's car and is racing against Jai-Jai on the car tracks.
"Emmy? Will you make us French toast too, please?" Jai-Jai asks.
"Sure, I can. Go to the kitchen and tell you're Mommy that I'll make your breakfast, okay?" The little girl hands her controller to Jenny and then goes to the kitchen with Emily.
Thirty minutes later, everyone sits down to eat. After they eat, the kids go back to the living room to play with their toys some more. Jon goes outside to JJ and Emily's car to get Henry's truck so he can put batteries in it for him.
"Aunt Jenny, can I race against you when Jai-Jai gets done?" Lilli asks.
"Well, how about you let Jenny go first and then you can do it okay? Since it's her car."
"Okay."
"Lil, come here a sec. I think I see a present that everyone missed." Alexa points to a cardboard box and the kids gather around it.
"Let's seeā¦this is for Grace and Lillien." She hands Gracie a blue car, Lilli a green car, and then gives a purple one to Maddie, a hot pink one to Maicee, and a orange and red one to Kenzie.
"Aunt Jenny look! Santa brought me my very own race car!" Lilli shows hers to JJ.
"Cool. Hey, I bet if you ask Emily real nicely, she'll race against you and Gracie if you guys want."
"Okay! Emmy, will you help us out the track together so we can race?"
"I guess I can. Why don't you ask Kenzie and Mai if they want to race too. We can clean some of this mess up and lay out all of the tracks."
Once the bags are packed back up and the tracks are laced out, Emiy, Jaicee, and Mackenzie get the cars ready.
They play three rounds, Jaicee winning two of them before they get tired of it and Jaicee and Jenny want to play with their art kits.
Around 10:45 a.m.
A little before 11 that morning Alexa and Jon has everyone lay down for a nap. The older girls are upstairs in their rooms, watching tv and resting, while the younger ones, Jaicee, Jenny, the twins, (Anah and Addiesan), Henry, AJ, and the babies actually take a nap.
Alexa is in the kitchen with her sisters, Chloe and Kaitlyn, who had arrived an hour earlier, doing some last minute preparations to Christmas lunch.
Chloe and Kaity have already celebrated Christmas with their husbands and kids, but promised the Johnson kids that they would stop by and celebrate it late with them.
Jon is upstairs putting on a movie for Jaicee and AJ, who are sleeping in Jenny and Jai-Jai's room, while Anah, Addie, and Henry are in with Gracelynn and Lilli.
Downstairs Emily and JJ, who had been kicked out of the kitchen because 'they are guests and should sit back and relax' are sitting in the couch watching the movie Christmas Magic.
"Are you having a good second Christmas so far?" Emily asks. She's sitting on the couch, her feet propped up on the coffee table, and a blanket over her lap. JJ is laying longways with her head in Emily's lap, a blanket also covering her.
"Yeah, I am." She smirks. "Too bad we didn't have two Christmases as kids."
"Yeah, what a sight that would have been."
Lunchtime, Around 12:30 p.m.
At noon everyone came to the kitchen for Christmas lunch. They gathered around the table and held hands, getting ready to say grace.
"Mama, can I say grace this time, please?" Gracie asks.
Alexa looks surprised at Grace volunteering, but nods her head.
"Do you remember how Daddy did it at Thanksgiving?"
"Yes, ma'am." Then she bows her head and everyone follows.
"Dear God," she starts. "Thank you for the presents and for giving us this food. Thank you for keeping everyone safe, and for taking me and my sisters away from the bad man. Amen."
"That was very good baby. Alright guys, grab a plate and some food." Everyone fills their plate up and sits down to eat.
Present time that night. Around 6:30 p.m.
"Mommy! Mommy! It's present time! Come on let's go!" Anah shouts as she drags her mom and JJ to the living room.
"Ok, ok, calm down Angel. We're coming. Go pick out a spot to sit and we'll help Aunt 'Lexa and Uncle Jon hand out the presents." JJ tells her.
After a while all the presents are handed out. The kids got tons of toys as well a long-sleeve shirt for each of the Johnson kids. The shirts had their names on the back and a number on the front. The number is the order they were all born, with Maddie being #1 and Jess being #10.
Henry and AJ each receive a shirt with their names on it too as well as Anah and Addiesan.
JJ receives a photo album from Emily. The book had all of the pictures taken of the two together, from the very first time they were photographed together, to JJ's first day of middle school.
The presents take about an hour and a half to be opened. Later, the Johnson kids had a ton of fun looking through the album, getting to see their Aunt Jenny and AuntEmily as kids.
After a while it's time for bed. They had a long, fun day and are all exhausted.
"Momma, can we watch my new Scooby movie in the basement, please?" Henry asks.
"Sure, but first you need to tell your Aunt and Uncle thank you for the presents." After they do that JJ says,
"Ok, now go brush your teeth and then come to the basement to put your pjs on. Then you can watch your movie."
The twins, Henry, and AJ scatter through the house to various bathrooms to do as they are told.
In the basement, JJ sets up the dvd player while Emily changes clothes. Then the kids come downstairs and change, climbing into bed. After the nightly routine of 'goodnights' and tucking in, the kids fall asleep within the first half of the movie.
Here's the Christmas chapter. Please review! I did a once-over, but all mistakes are mine.
