This chapter was suggested by AnonymousWriter23456 a really long time ago, but it just didn't work well in the story until now. I hope you all like it!
"I didn't know it would be this difficult," Jesse said as he and Beca loaded their five kids back into the car, "It was so easy with Allie Claire."
"Jesse," Beca said, finally managing to get Elliot strapped in before reaching for Maggie, "Everything is more difficult with five kids, especially when four of them are barely a year old."
The morning had started off great. It was Saturday and both Beca and Jesse didn't have work.
Jesse got up with Allie Claire and they made pancakes together. The quads were obsessed with pancakes and Allie Claire loved helping make them so it was a win win in the Swanson household. By the time they had a big stack of pancakes, Beca had brought all the babies downstairs and put them in their high chairs with a quarter of a banana each.
"This looks good Peanut," Beca said, going over to the griddle, hugging Allie Claire.
"Thanks Mommy," Allie Claire said, smiling up at her, "Daddy and I made them blue and purple."
"I see that," Beca said, laughing as she went to fill the quads bottles.
Soon enough, they were all sitting at the kitchen table eating.
The quads had gotten new chairs for their first birthday that hooked onto the table so they now could all eat at the same table. Maggie and Jack sat on one side of the table while Quint and Elliot sat on the other with Allie Claire between them.
They all ate pancakes happily before hauling the quads upstairs for a bath while Allie Claire went to shower.
Today was a special day in the Swanson house. They were getting Christmas pictures professionally taken this year. The year before, the babies had barely been out of the hospital for Christmas so pictures were out of the question, but this year, it was decided that a Christmas picture was a must.
Because the babies' first birthdays were at the end of September and this shoot was at the beginning of November, they decided to get their one year old pictures taken too.
Once the kids were all clean and diapered, they threw them in some onsies. Beca helped Allie Claire get dressed and did her hair before it was time to go. They were waiting to dress the quads until it was time for the pictures because those kids destroyed clothes faster than any kids Beca knew.
"Do we have the bag with the kids clothes?" Beca asked Jesse after they had the quads distracted with a show Allie Claire was giving.
"Right here," Jesse said, holding up the bag they had packed the day before.
"Good," Beca said, grabbing a bunch of bottles, filling them before filling up a water bottle for Allie Claire.
She also packed a large bag of snacks to keep the kids happy. They knew it was risky doing this photo shoot because the quads had just transitioned down to one nap and were sometimes cranky because of it. However, they were determined to make this happen.
"Alright," Beca said, looking at Jesse, "Let's get these kids in the car."
They headed upstairs, each grabbing two babies as Allie Claire followed behind. Eventually, they were all in the car, heading over. They got there and got everyone inside.
Allie Claire was getting some pictures taken first so while Beca helped figure out poses and things, Jesse dressed the quads in their Christmas clothes.
They brought a playpen to keep the kids in while they weren't taking pitcures which was helpful.
Soon enough, it was time to get the quads in the picture. The babies were mobile which meant that keeping them in one place was next to impossible. Beca and Jesse spent the better part of an hour wrangling one kid or another into the place they needed to be for the pictures.
Eventually, they got a few good ones and decided to switch to the one year old pitcures.
Maggie, who was usually a very chill baby was having none of the photo shoot and cried hysterically when they put her on the floor without her siblings.
They decided to give up on her for a minute while they tried Quint instead. The little boy was their happiest kid and smiled nonstop… as he tried to crawl away. They got really cute shots of him nonetheless though.
Elliott went next. She was their trouble maker so when she managed to pull over one of the lights, Beca and Jesse were embarrassed but not surprised.
By this point, Maggie had calmed down after Jesse held her for a while. They tried again and got about five minutes before the little girl started screaming again.
They decided they had something that would work so they went to get Jack all set up. When Beca picked him up, however, she found that he had had an exploded diaper. They decided that they would capture their class clown's personality best in just a diaper anyways so once he was cleaned, they got his pictures done.
Maggie was still a mess of tears and Elliott was trying everything in her power to get out of the playpen. They decided to call it a day at this point and thanked the woman who did the pictures.
Allie Claire was so helpful in getting all the babies stuff together with Beca while Jesse started loading the quads into the car. Beca grabbed Maggie and Elliott as Jesse took the playpen and Allie Claire's hand.
They stopped at Taco Bell on the way home and got some lunch for everyone. They fed the babies as soon as they got home before putting them down for a nap.
"Thanks for being so good today Peanut," Beca said as they sat down on the couch.
"You're welcome Mommy," the eight year old said, smiling at her mom.
"How about next week, we get Aunt Mack and Uncle Jared come over and watch the babies, and Mommy and I will take you out on a special date?" Jesse said, looking at his oldest.
"Yeah," Allie Claire said with big eyes, "Can we go to the indoor park and practice soccer?"
"Of course," Beca said, hugging her, "And would you like dinner at Red Robin too?"
Allie Claire nodded excitedly.
"It's a date," Jesse said, "I'll text Aunt Mack right now."
"Yeah!" Allie Claire said, smiling as she hugged her parents.
There it was. I hope you all liked it! Do you want to see Allie Claire go out with just her parents or skip that and go on to the next chapter? Also, any prompts are always welcomed!
