Cutest and Dirtiest
"Aerin! Aerin! Wake up you silly girl." Taelas said as he walked into her room.
"I no heah!" Came her muffled reply.
Taelas chuckled as he untangled his sister from the bed sheets. "Oh, you're not huh. So who am I looking at?"
"An awosion!" She said hiding her face in his arms.
"An illusion? Well, then I must go and find my sister. So if you'll excuse me, I'll be on my way." Taelas joked, as he turned to leave. "Aerin! Where are you? Aerin!"
"I's heah! Heah I am!" Aerin yelled, jumping up.
Taelas turned and he said, "There you are! I've been looking all over for you."
"I been wight heah!" Aerin said, giggling as her brother picked her up.
"You must get dressed, Aerin. What do you want to wear?" He said, carrying her over to the closet.
"Dat!" Aerin said enthusiastically pointing into the closet.
"This?" Taelas asked, holding up a very cute pink and yellow polka dotted sundress.
"Yeah! Yeah!" She said, bouncing up and down in his arms.
"Ok. Let's get you washed up first." Taelas said, walking into the bathroom carrying Aerin and the dress.
"Now don't you look pretty?" Taelas said, after getting Aerin into the dress. "Let's go show Ada."
"O'tay!" Aerin giggled as Taelas carried her into the hall.
Five minutes later, they arrived at their father's study. Taelas knocked on the door.
"Enter." Cirdan said, not looking up from his papers.
"Ada! Ada wook!" Aerin said bouncing in Taelas' arms. He set her down and she crawled over to Cirdan.
"Hello sweetie. What is it you want me to see?" Cirdan said, picking up his daughter and setting her in his lap.
"My dwess! Tae say it pwetty." Aerin beamed, looking up at her father.
"Well, that sure is a lovely dress you have there." Cirdan said smiling at her. "Kelion is coming home today. We shall have a feast."
"Really. You've received word?" Taelas asked.
"Yes, and he arrives within the hour." Cirdan explained.
"Lio! Lio!" Aerin said, bouncing in her father's lap.
"Yes, he's coming home today, love. Let's go outside and wait for him." Cirdan said smiling.
"O'tay! Ousiee!" She giggled.
"What about your work Adar?" Taelas questioned.
"My son's coming home! And my daughter wants to play. It can wait. Come, let's venture outdoors." Cirdan answered, picking up Aerin and heading outside.
"Yes. I guess you're right." Taelas mused as he followed his father outside.
"Aewin! Wook!" Estel said, sitting proudly by his block tower.
"Dat's cool! Wook at mine!" Aerin said, equally as excited about her tower.
"Those two are very artistic. Estel's going to be a fine man, Elrond." Kelion said, walking up to the group sitting around a picnic table in the courtyard.
"Kelion! Welcome home son! It's great to see you!" Cirdan exclaimed, getting up to hug his eldest son.
"It's great to be back Adar. Hello everyone!" Kelion called.
"Lio! Lio!" Aerin called.
"Hello sweetie!" Kelion said, walking over to her.
Aerin, with the help of the leg of a chair, stood up and took a few steps towards Kelion. She got five steps and fell flat on her face and started crying.
Kelion picked her up. "Shh...shh. You're ok love, you're ok."
Estel looked up at Aerin and started crying. Kelion picked him up in his other arm.
"Shh... shh... don't cry." Kelion said, hugging the two children.
"They're the cutest children I've ever seen." Elen said, watching Kelion, Estel, and Aerin.
"And the dirtiest." Sorontinwe commented.
"It's good to see her play with someone her own age." Cirdan said, watching his only daughter play with Estel.
"Yes. They really needed this. I'm glad I brought him." Elrond mused.
"It's giving us all a break as well." Cirdan said, leaning back in his chair, putting his feet on the table.
"Aerin! Aerin! Wake up you silly girl." Taelas said as he walked into her room.
"I no heah!" Came her muffled reply.
Taelas chuckled as he untangled his sister from the bed sheets. "Oh, you're not huh. So who am I looking at?"
"An awosion!" She said hiding her face in his arms.
"An illusion? Well, then I must go and find my sister. So if you'll excuse me, I'll be on my way." Taelas joked, as he turned to leave. "Aerin! Where are you? Aerin!"
"I's heah! Heah I am!" Aerin yelled, jumping up.
Taelas turned and he said, "There you are! I've been looking all over for you."
"I been wight heah!" Aerin said, giggling as her brother picked her up.
"You must get dressed, Aerin. What do you want to wear?" He said, carrying her over to the closet.
"Dat!" Aerin said enthusiastically pointing into the closet.
"This?" Taelas asked, holding up a very cute pink and yellow polka dotted sundress.
"Yeah! Yeah!" She said, bouncing up and down in his arms.
"Ok. Let's get you washed up first." Taelas said, walking into the bathroom carrying Aerin and the dress.
"Now don't you look pretty?" Taelas said, after getting Aerin into the dress. "Let's go show Ada."
"O'tay!" Aerin giggled as Taelas carried her into the hall.
Five minutes later, they arrived at their father's study. Taelas knocked on the door.
"Enter." Cirdan said, not looking up from his papers.
"Ada! Ada wook!" Aerin said bouncing in Taelas' arms. He set her down and she crawled over to Cirdan.
"Hello sweetie. What is it you want me to see?" Cirdan said, picking up his daughter and setting her in his lap.
"My dwess! Tae say it pwetty." Aerin beamed, looking up at her father.
"Well, that sure is a lovely dress you have there." Cirdan said smiling at her. "Kelion is coming home today. We shall have a feast."
"Really. You've received word?" Taelas asked.
"Yes, and he arrives within the hour." Cirdan explained.
"Lio! Lio!" Aerin said, bouncing in her father's lap.
"Yes, he's coming home today, love. Let's go outside and wait for him." Cirdan said smiling.
"O'tay! Ousiee!" She giggled.
"What about your work Adar?" Taelas questioned.
"My son's coming home! And my daughter wants to play. It can wait. Come, let's venture outdoors." Cirdan answered, picking up Aerin and heading outside.
"Yes. I guess you're right." Taelas mused as he followed his father outside.
"Aewin! Wook!" Estel said, sitting proudly by his block tower.
"Dat's cool! Wook at mine!" Aerin said, equally as excited about her tower.
"Those two are very artistic. Estel's going to be a fine man, Elrond." Kelion said, walking up to the group sitting around a picnic table in the courtyard.
"Kelion! Welcome home son! It's great to see you!" Cirdan exclaimed, getting up to hug his eldest son.
"It's great to be back Adar. Hello everyone!" Kelion called.
"Lio! Lio!" Aerin called.
"Hello sweetie!" Kelion said, walking over to her.
Aerin, with the help of the leg of a chair, stood up and took a few steps towards Kelion. She got five steps and fell flat on her face and started crying.
Kelion picked her up. "Shh...shh. You're ok love, you're ok."
Estel looked up at Aerin and started crying. Kelion picked him up in his other arm.
"Shh... shh... don't cry." Kelion said, hugging the two children.
"They're the cutest children I've ever seen." Elen said, watching Kelion, Estel, and Aerin.
"And the dirtiest." Sorontinwe commented.
"It's good to see her play with someone her own age." Cirdan said, watching his only daughter play with Estel.
"Yes. They really needed this. I'm glad I brought him." Elrond mused.
"It's giving us all a break as well." Cirdan said, leaning back in his chair, putting his feet on the table.