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A/N: Shout out to lolyncut, fishtrek, criminalmindsrocks, Astrahan, OneTrueAkatsuki, mirajanewolf46, and Daisyangel for reviewing chapter 23.
A cute toddler swears in this chapter while this chapter starts on July 19th.
Spencer packed up his desk as he looked at his sister-in-law, "Have a good weekend, Emily," said Spencer.
Emily looked at the clock and saw that it was 2 PM, "Why are you getting off three hours early?" asked Emily.
"Caden has his six-week post-operation appointment before Clarissa, the kids, and I have to get ready for Shabbat," said Spencer.
"Please let Aaron and me know how our youngest nephew is doing," said Emily.
"I will," said Spencer.
Over an hour later Spencer entered the waiting room at Children's National where Caden who was sitting on his mother's lap grinned at him.
"Dada," said Caden.
Spencer walked over to his wife and youngest son and sat down as he thought about Caden always smiling and laughing when he sees Chip and Dale on TV and he laughs when he sees a chipmunk in their yard causing him to change his youngest son's nickname from prince to chipmunk, "How's daddy's little chipmunk doing?" asked Spencer.
Caden smiled and babbled at his father as he said a few words like cat.
Spencer thought about his seven-year-old Maine Coon cat, "Are you telling me about Merton's antics from this morning?" asked Spencer.
"Aye," said Caden as he clapped his hands and stuck out his tongue.
Spencer laughed, "You are such a cheeky little chipmunk for sticking out your tongue at me," said Spencer before kissing his wife, "Hi."
"Hi, Spence," said Clarissa.
At that moment a nurse came out into the waiting room, "Caden Reid?" asked Nurse Molly.
15 minutes later Dr. Edwards entered the room and Caden grinned and waved at his doctor, "Hi," said Caden.
Dr. Edwards smiled, "I see that someone is feeling much better after his last visit."
Clarissa laughed, "Caden has been smiling and laughing more since the 4th of July while he is now called a cheeky little chipmunk by his daddy."
"What did you do that caused you to be called a cheeky little chipmunk by your daddy?" asked Dr. Edwards as she tickled Caden's belly.
Caden laughed as he stuck out his tongue at Dr. Edwards while he crossed his eyes.
"No wonder you earned that cute nickname, Caden," said Dr. Edwards.
A few minutes later Dr. Edwards was checking Caden's stump and scar and she smiled at Spencer and Clarissa, "Caden is fully healed. Just keep on moving his left hip joint and left knee and as soon as he turns a year old he can be fitted for his first prosthetic leg."
"Is Caden allowed to go swimming in the swimming pool at our new house now?" asked Clarissa.
Dr. Edwards thought about knowing that Spencer and Clarissa start teaching their children how to swim when they turn six-months-old, "You want to get started on teaching Caden how to swim?" asked Dr. Edwards.
"Yes," said Clarissa.
"Since Caden's scar from his amputation is healed up, I don't see there being any problem with introducing him to a swimming pool. If there's any irritation from the chlorine on his scar, he should hold back on going into a swimming pool for another month or two," said Dr. Edwards.
"Thank you," said Clarissa.
Dr. Edwards smiled, "I'm glad that you two are making sure that Caden has a normal childhood just like his siblings since being an amputee shouldn't stop Caden from learning how to swim."
"I didn't let my ankle injury stop me from getting back on the ice," said Clarissa.
"I didn't let being shot in the knee stop me from doing everything I love with Clarissa and the kids or make me leave the B.A.U.," said Spencer.
Dr. Edwards thought about knowing how strong Spencer and Clarissa were when it came to getting over tragic losses while they both dealt with injuries that caused them to spend months on crutches, "With parents like you two, I can't wait to watch Caden thrive as an amputee."
The next afternoon Diana grinned as she sat in the backseat of her mother's brand new SUV as they drove home after seeing the movie "Despicable Me", "Despicable Me" was awesome and I hope that there is a sequel someday."
Spencer looked at Bridget from the rear-view mirror as he drove his wife and three oldest children home, "Did you like the movie?" asked Spencer.
Bridget nodded, "I like it, and can we please be Minions for Halloween?" asked Bridget.
Clarissa looked at her husband, "You could make a great Gru, while Diana, Bridget, and Ariel can dress up like Margo, Edith, and Angus while Evan, Caden, and I can dress up as the minions."
Diana grinned, "I can dress up like Margo, Bridget dresses up like Angus, and Ariel dresses up like Edith."
"Why I be Angus when I'm the middle daughter?" asked Bridget.
Diana looked at her little sister, "You look like Angus despite your curls. So it makes sense that you, Ariel, and I dress up like the character that we each look like."
"Makes sense," said Bridget.
Clarissa looked at her husband, "We'll need to find you a bald cap, but at least we have a turtle neck shirt that works out perfectly."
Clarissa looked at Evan, "Did you enjoy your first trip to the movie theater, little man?" asked Clarissa.
Evan nodded, "Like big television and the minions."
Clarissa looked at her husband, "Evan just pronounced a four-syllable word correctly."
Spencer nodded, "I know."
Diana looked at her daddy, "Do you think that Ariel and Caden will be geniuses like you, Bridget, Evan, and me?" asked Diana.
"Since they're already saying Mama, Dada, Nana, Papa, and uses baby sign language to tell us what they want there's a huge chance that they'll be geniuses like us," said Spencer.
Bridget looked at her mother, "Are you sad that you aren't a genius like daddy, my siblings, and me?" asked Bridget.
Diana looked at her little sister, "Mommy's IQ is 140 since mommy, uncle Aaron, and uncle Sean are all very intelligent."
"Who is unca Sean?" asked Evan.
Clarissa looked at her oldest son, "Your uncle Sean is my other older brother who is a year older than me. He has the same blue eyes as Diana, Caden, and me while he has blonde hair like your sister Ariel and your cousin Savannah who is uncle Sean's daughter."
"I not meet unca Sean?" asked Evan.
"He moved to New York City when Diana was your age, but we haven't seen or heard from him since you were six-months-old," said Clarissa.
Evan saw the angry look in his mother's eyes, "He make mommy mad. He need timeout."
Clarissa nodded, "Your uncle Sean is getting a really long timeout the next time I see him because he missed your first and second birthday, Bridget's second birthday, didn't show up at your Aunt Haley's funeral, missed Diana's sixth birthday, my 28th birthday, and never met Ariel and Caden yet."
Evan thought about what he heard his mother say about uncle Sean after his second birthday party at the zoo, "Unca Sean fucking asshole."
Diana's and Bridget's eyes went wide.
"Evan in trouble," said Bridget.
Clarissa glared at her oldest son from the front passenger seat, "Even though I agree with you about uncle Sean deserving that title, I never want to hear you use language like that to describe someone like that ever again or say those swear words again."
"I sorry, mommy," said Evan.
"Apology accepted, but for the next two nights you are going to bed a half-hour early while there's no bedtime story being read to you," said Clarissa.
"You'll also get a two-minute-long timeout when we get home," said Spencer.
Evan sighed, "OK."
After Bridget, Evan, Ariel, and Caden had their afternoon nap, Diana closed one of her father's original encyclopedias that she was reading and looked at her parents, "Can we please go swimming?" asked Diana.
Clarissa nodded, "I think that it's a great idea to go swimming and daddy can make dinner on the grill tonight too."
"Yay!" cheered Diana, Bridget, and Evan.
Ariel and Caden both clapped their hands, "Aye!"
Bridget looked at her parents, "Caden go swimming too?" asked Bridget.
"Caden's doctor cleared Caden to go into the swimming pool for the first time, but if there's any irritation on Caden's healed scar he's getting out of the pool," said Clarissa.
Diana looked at her little sister as she held up her left arm that showed a fully healed scar, "Remember when I got my cast off in March?" asked Diana.
Bridget nodded, "Yes."
"It took a few weeks to go swimming at the YMCA without the chlorine from the pool stinging on my scar," said Diana.
"Is your arm much better now?" asked Bridget.
"It is," said Diana.
"Let's go get ready," said Anthony.
A few minutes later Spencer, Clarissa, and Anthony got into their swimsuit or swim trunks before they helped all five Reid children get into their swimsuits or swim diapers and slathered sunblock on all five kids and themselves.
A half-hour later Diana was happily swimming around in the swimming pool while Spencer, Clarissa, and Anthony either Bridget and Evan who were both wearing life jackets work on their dog paddling or helped Ariel and Caden learn how to float in the water.
Two days later Spencer, Hotch, Emily, Morgan, Garcia, Rossi, and Alice McCarthy who was filling in for JJ were gathered around the coffee pot when Spencer looked at his teammates, "Clarissa and I took Diana, Bridget, and Evan to see "Despicable Me" at the movie theater on Saturday."
"How was the movie?" asked Garcia.
Spencer nodded, ""Despicable Me" was great and Diana hopes that there's a sequel in a few years."
Alice looked at Spencer, "Did Bridget handle the noise in the movie theater well?" asked Alice.
"She handled it well," said Spencer before tilting her head, "Does Aurora have trouble dealing with the volume of the movie in movie theaters?" asked Spencer.
Alice nodded, "She does, but how do you and Clarissa help Bridget handle being in a movie theater?" asked Alice.
"Clarissa and I just place soft earplugs into Bridget's ears so the loud noise from the speakers in the theater can be drowned out a bit while Bridget can still hear everything," said Spencer.
"Thanks for the advice," said Alice.
"Speaking of Bridget, is she excited about celebrating her third birthday at Walt Disneyworld next month?" asked Garcia.
Spencer nodded, "She's very excited and she's hoping that you guys can still make it to her early birthday party on the 31st."
"Aurora is very excited about attending Bridget's birthday party at the aquarium," said Alice.
"Who's all going to be at the party?" asked Garcia.
"Aside from you guys, your children, my godparents, my grandparents, and my cousins attending; a few of Bridget's playmates from church and a few other girls from Bridget's tap dancing class," said Spencer.
"How are you feeling about Bridget starting preschool and Diana starting the fourth grade next month?" asked Hotch.
"I'm sad that Diana is going to be starting her second to last year of primary school and Bridget starting preschool, but knowing Bridget she'll most likely be skipping grades like her sister because of Diana teaching her everything she learned in school," said Spencer.
"If Bridget ends up skipping a few grades, would you and Clarissa have her in the same grade as Diana or Jack?" asked Hotch.
"Most likely with Jack," said Spencer.
"If Bridget ends up in the same class as Jack, knowing Jack he'll protect Bridget," said Hotch.
"I know," said Spencer.
A few minutes later Spencer was at his desk working on his consults as he felt his upcoming excitement about Bridget turning three grow.
A/N: As someone who is autistic, there are occasional movies I seen that were easier for me to watch at the movie theater if I wore earplugs in my ears. Plus I also wore earplugs while I got started on my geometry homework in geometry in my junior year when I was placed in a loud class for a semester to make me less frustrated.
When it comes to Caden sticking out his tongue, my 14-month-old step-niece who will be sleeping over for the first time tonight loves sticking out her tongue and clapping her hands to the song "Patty Cake" while she loves pulling my hair too.