"I know you're hungry."
Olivia had Blake and Carter on each shoulder. Everly was sitting on her blanket.
"We're going to the store if Marcus isn't here in the next few minutes."
"Finally." Olivia said, when her phone rang and there was a knock at the door.
"Shanice."
"Marcus sent me to the store. He's still at the office. I can't stay long. My kids are in the car."
"Thank you Shanice. How much do I owe you?"
"Nothing. Enjoy the rest of your day Olivia."
"That was awkward." Olivia said to her babies.
Olivia put Blake and Carter next to Everly. Marcus and Shanice bought her a large grocery bag of baby food. This was enough to last a few weeks.
"Yummy carrots." Olivia said grabbing three jars and three spoons.
Blake crawled to her when he saw the jar. Carter followed him. Everly continued to play with her stuffed animal. Olivia sat on the floor and fed the babies. Everly crawled to her and grabbed the unopened jar of baby food.
"We're going to eat dinner, then bottles and baths." Olivia said, opening the jar for Everly.
She smiled and Olivia could see another tooth coming in.
"You know I thought this would be difficult. Is this what the nannies do all day? It can't be this simple. I'm wasting a lot of money, if it's like this every day."
Olivia cleaned their faces and stood up to make bottles. Neither baby would take a bottle. It was the new gentle formula.
"Oh come on. You're supposed to be weaning." Olivia said.
She hadn't breastfed in weeks. Pumping was so convenient when she was running around DC with Fitz. She had been slacking with that lately. She was too lazy to pump and her nannies started buying formula.
"Okay."
She fed Blake and Carter then Everly. There was no whining when she put them on a blanket. She tiptoed away from them and filled their plastic tubs.
"Okay."
To her surprise, they were all sleeping.
"If taking care of my kids is this easy, Lucia is going to have to find another job." Olivia said to herself.