Up on the next floor, Lexie, Mark, Branden, and Alexa opened the door to their own personal winter wonderland, better known as their hotel room.
From their balcony, you can see the gondolas swooping by every 30 seconds, packed full of skiers and snowboarders. The two kids run to the massive floor to ceiling windows to people- watch the skiers and snowboards.
"Daddy! When can we do that? Can we go now, please please? And can Gracie come too please?" Alexandra Caroline Sloan, their fearless five year old, looked just like Mark but was a twin personality wise with Lexie.
"Well, we can't go now, because we have to help Mommy unpack! Plus, Santa starts present delivery in like 6 hours, so we have to be ready." Mark says to an obviously saddened Alexa.
"But, you know what, how about we go do what they are doing maybe in 3 days? Gracie can come too." Mark quickly says, and immediately sees Alexa's face brighten up, the exact same way Lexie's face does.
After giving Alexa a hug and a fist bump, both Mark and Lexie turn around to see Branden, their nine year old, carrying suitcases in. Both Mark and Branden did the same thing when they got embarrassed, they both blushed red, looked down, and slyly smiled. Mark refuses to admit that he does this, and says Branden just picked it up himself, most certainly not from his dad.
Branden Everett Sloan was their hilarious nine year old, may look like a younger boy version of his mom, but could not be more like Mark in every other sense. Branden welcomed a hug from Lexie, but honestly who would say no to a hug from Lexie Grey?
After Mark followed Branden out of the hotel room to help move in the seemingly endless suitcases, Lexie plopped down on the couch to text Jo her hotel room number, Alexa scrambles onto the couch, and crawls into Lexie's lap.
Her dirty blonde hair was still in the tight pigtails Lexie put in this morning before she left for work, and her icy blue eyes that matched Mark's looked up at her mom.
"You know what, Lex, you have the very best Daddy and Brother in the whole wide world."
"Mommy, you're Lex. Not me. I'm Alexa Sloan!" Alexa says with an obvious sass in her voice over being called the wrong name.
"Since when did you become a moody teenager? I'm worried I might have to call Santa about this!" Lexie says, pretending to dial a number on her phone.
"Mommy, I'm sorry! I promise!" Alexa says, trying to plead with her mother.
Lexie sees this as a keen opportunity to tickle her daughter, right on her stomach, where she becomes "giggle worms" as she tends to call it.
When Mark and Branden come back with all of the suitcases, leaving one in the car, much to Branden's dismay, they join in on the tickle war. Mark knows Lexie's tickle spot is right behind her ear, so when she thinks he's going in for a kiss, he swerves and begins to tickle her to her dismay.
"You are a mean person, Mark Sloan!" Lexie says, playfully swatting his toned bicep.
"A mean person who you love very much." Mark says, before kissing Lexie. The two of them's kiss was stopped rather abruptly by their children's groans and moans.
Lexie watches Mark chase the two kids down the hallway to see who would get to the top bunk first, and cannot believe her life is this perfect.