11th August 2023
"Right I have Aidan's bag packed, I have Florence's bag packed as well as spare nappies same with Isobel's…and you're alright doing the drive?"
"Stop stressing…I drove for a living once don't worry" Peter reassures her bringing her in for a hug
"I just want it to be perfect especially with everything being hazy these last few months, I want to create some proper memories" Carla beams as Peter kisses her forehead taking the changing bag downstairs as Carla carries both Florence and Isobel upright as they could both hold their heads up now
"Are we changing the position of the car seats?" Peter questions as Aidan hops into the passenger seat of the car
"Yeah…put the girls next to each other then put Aidan on the outside" Carla says as Peter moves the bases of the car seats so they are next to each other only to find that they didn't fit
"Do they not fit?" Carla groans as Peter shakes his head "We could always get Johnny to take Aidan with him? Or 'Chelle?"
"It's up to you" Peter shrugs as Johnny walks over to them both from the other side of the road
"Do the car seats not fit?"
"No…we can't put the back seats up either because of the cases" Carla rolls her eyes as Peter holds Aidan's hand
"We could take him with Eva and Susie?" Johnny offers as Aidan's face lights up
"You sure there's room?" Carla questions as Johnny nods
"Yeah…Susie's only got a booster seat so there should be room with me, Jenny and Eva" Johnny smiles as Peter smiles
"Alright then you can go with Johnny Aidan" Carla smiles as Johnny leads Aidan over to his car to stand with Eva and Susie before collecting the car seat
"Right at least the girls have a lot more room" Carla smiles as Peter nods taking Florence off Carla to strap her in then doing the same for Isobel
"Ok then, are we sharing the drive…it is four hours?"
"Yeah go on then, we'll swap at each stop at the services" Carla smiles giving Peter a kiss on the lips leaning against the car as Steve and Michelle pull up their car behind, Johnny pulling theirs up in front of them
"Which services are we stopping off at then?" Jenny questions leaning out of the side window
"We'll just figure it out on the way I think…we'll need to stop off more than you because these two" Peter says gesturing to the girls "-will probably want to be fed"
"Alright shall we just say we'll get there when we get there?" Steve says as Peter nods, causing Jenny to nod as well
"Right we'll head off then, see you in around four hours' time" Jenny grins as Johnny drives off, Steve doing the same then followed by Peter
The almost five hour journey later, Johnny arriving first then Michelle, Steve and Ava followed by Carla and Peter the family arrived at the park they were staying. Carla and Peter had the journey from hell the girls practically cried the whole journey causing Carla to sit in the back with them which was rather uncomfortable being squashed in between two car seats so then when they finally arrived Carla and Peter got out of the car in complete dread for the journey back.
"Finally, you took ages" Steve rolls his eyes as Michelle bounces Ava up and down to entertain her
"Well the girls hate their car seats still" Peter mutters as Carla gets Florence out to give her a hug as the car journey must've been traumatic enough, Peter doing the same with Isobel
"Right I have the reservation, the guy on the quad bike's going to show up where the cabin is so put your kids back in the car" Johnny grins as Carla groans at the thought of the twins crying for the short journey, all three cars made the journey to the top tier of the park where the bigger cabins were
"Wow this is huge" Carla gasps at the arrangement of fancy beams on the ceiling causing Florence to laugh at her amazement
"So me and Jenny will be in the double, Carla and Peter in the king and Michelle and Steve in the other double and Eva will be in another double, Aidan and Susie in the twin"
"Come on then Flo lets see the room then" Carla smiles heading towards the room Johnny pointed out Peter following with the case for him and Carla and with the case for the girls and Aidan
"Wow it has an ensuite with a hot tub bath" Carla gasps as Peter smiles putting an arm around her shoulders
"Hmm we could get some use out of that" Peter smirks as Carla rolls her eyes knowing she hadn't been intimate with Peter for months and they could do with some time alone
"Ah they've put the travel cots in" Carla smiles Florence reaching her arms out to be held by Peter as he takes her off Carla
"Is Eva still cuddling Isobel?" Carla laughs as Peter nods Florence smiling at them both
"Shall we do some tummy time?" Carla grins placing Florence down on the bed Peter getting Isobel off Eva and doing the same
"Hi guys…mind if I join in…Ava can show them up" Michelle grins putting Ava on the bed as she begins to crawl towards Carla
"Hey gorgeous, you look like your mummy" Carla grins as Ava laughs at her clapping her podgy hands
"We're thinking about taking her for a swim if you guys want to join" Michelle smiles as Ava laughs again going over to see her mum
"I guess we could…" Carla smiles picking Florence up to go into the bathroom to change her into her swimming costume
"We'll meet you there Car!" Michelle calls through to the bathroom before leaving
"Peter can you pass me the swimming costumes?"
"Here love… do you want me to do Isobel?" he questions as Carla nods, handing her a swimsuit
"There we go Flo" Carla smiles tickling her feet as she whimpers before lifting her up and taking her out to find Aidan
"Aidan can you go and see your dad to get changed we're going swimming…want to come Susie, Eva?" Carla questions watching Aidan run to find his dad before turning to face them both
"Do you want to go swimming Susie?" Eva questions as Susie nods going to whisper something to Eva
"I don't understand when you speak French sweetheart" Eva laughs as Carla grins heading off to see if Peter had got Aidan ready
"Come on then Aidy…we need to head off " Carla smiles taking Aidan's hand, holding Florence as Peter comes out holding Isobel as they take the walk to the pool seeing Michelle and Steve already in the family changing room
"I'll just chuck my swimming costume on then I'll be with you, blow up the Aidan's armbands while you wait" Carla grins heading into a cubicle and returning with a red bikini on Peter's breath being taken away Carla smirking causing Michelle to groan at the public display of affection
"Alright love birds that's enough" Steve grimaces as Carla flashes him a sarcastic smile, helping Peter blow up the floating baby seats they got yesterday for the twins
"Right then girls let's head out…Aidan hold your dad's hand" Carla smiles as Aidan does what he's told holding Peter's hand as they walk out to the pool seeing Michelle and Steve already in there with Susie and Eva, Carla sliding into the pool holding Florence and Isobel, Peter placing the baby seats into the water, Carla putting Florence into one of them as she squeals
"Please don't splash me" Carla groans as Isobel pats her hands down in the water causing Carla to roll her eyes
"Oh come on Car she's just having fun" Peter teases as Carla smiles sarcastically, taking Isobel off Peter to hold her, Michelle and Steve coming over with Eva and Susie
"Come here Flo" Eva grins taking her out of the float and holding her, Susie and Aidan jumping in the pool with Steve watching them, Michelle putting Ava in the float so she could hold Isobel
"Come with me…" Peter smiles guiding Carla over to the far side of the pool which makes her frown, Michelle tutting in response
"You look amazing" Peter smirks kissing Carla tenderly on the lips as she blushes biting her lip
"Hmm you can do the mucky stuff later" Carla smirks going back over to the twins who were being entertained by Michelle and Eva
"Hey Is…you alright sweetheart?" Carla smiles taking Isobel as she kicks her legs causing the water to splash up into Carla's face, Peter putting a hand up to his mouth in shock as Carla scrunches her face up
"Isobel!" Carla shrieks as Isobel smiles at her, Peter coming to put an arm around her shoulders as Steve brings Susie and Aidan over
"Hey mate" Carla smiles ruffling his wet hair, Aidan putting his arms around her neck
"Tub"
"What?"
"Tub!"
"Hot tub?" Carla questions glancing to Michelle who laughs bouncing Ava up and down in the water causing her to laugh uncontrollably again
"Alright then we'll go in the hot tub" Carla laughs as Aidan swims over to the steps to get out, Carla following him as they both get into the hot tub together
"Bubbles!" Aidan grins as Carla beams watching him jump from the seat into the centre of the tub, Carla bringing him in for a hug as Peter arrives holding both Florence and Isobel
"Hey…oh Isobel doesn't like the bubbles" Peter laughs as she cries into his chest, Carla smirking taking Florence off him to hold her
"What time do we need to get back Car?" Michelle calls as Carla frowns
"As long as we're back by six we should be alright so give it another 30 mins" Carla smiles as Michelle brings Ava into the hot tub
"Bub bub bub" she babbles as Michelle gasps kissing her forehead, Ava reaching her arms out to be held by Carla
"Swapsies?" Carla grins handing Florence to Michelle as she takes Ava bouncing her up and down as well as tickling her gently causing her to squeal
"Right come on then sweetheart we need to get ready to go to the restaurant" Carla smiles taking Florence off Michelle and handing Ava back to her, as well as holding Aidan's hand, Peter holding Isobel as they make their way to the family changing room
Everyone made their way back to the cabin to get ready, Carla throwing on a deep red fitted dress and putting Isobel and Florence into their clothes both of them wearing matching grey pinafore dressed with white tights, Peter wearing a shirt and black trousers as well as dressing Aidan in a t-shirt and shorts. They all made their way to the restaurant, Carla and Peter leaving both Florence and Isobel in their push chair to sleep and Aidan sitting at the table between Carla and Peter, Michelle on the right of Carla with Ava in a high chair and Steve on the other side of her, followed by Johnny, Jenny, Eva then Susie next to Peter.
The meal went smoothly, Aidan falling asleep on Peter's lap as it was getting quite late, Susie doing the same on Eva's as the family listened to the live entertainment. They made their way back to the cabin at around ten, Peter sliding Aidan into the bed next to Susie's, Carla taking the opportunity to feed Florence and Isobel before she put them down to sleep, leaving her and Peter to cuddle in bed and watch some TV before they decided to call it a night.
"Are we still going to Suzie's?" Carla questions resting her head on Peter's chest as he smiles glancing down to her
"It's up to you if you don't feel like to then we don't have to" Peter suggests as Carla nods, yawning in the process
"Let's see how the next two weeks are, shall we?"
"I think that's a good plan" Peter smiles stroking her hair as Carla glances to the travel cots which were in the room
"I don't mean to sound like I'm neglecting our kids but do you reckon we could just have some time alone…I'm sure Johnny would take Aidan and the girls with Jenny"
"You would never neglect them Car…of course we can do something just the two of us if that's what you want?"
"It is I just feel we need some time for us y'know since I've been in hospital we've barely had any time for ourselves I guess" she shrugs glancing up to him as he smiles pressing his lips to her forehead
"I do too…how about we try and do something tomorrow eh? Just us two even if it's chilling here or at the beach together for a bit"
"Hmm yeah I would like that"
"Me too, now let's get some sleep before the girls wake us up"