Joys of Motherhood
Chapter 4
Rating-PG
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from 7th Heaven. Nor do I own Sesame Street.
Summary: An fanfic about Lucy, Kevin, and their kids. Takes place 7 years from now.
A/N: Please read and review!
Previously on 7th Heaven: "I work hard all day! You wouldn't last one day in my shoes!" "You want to bet?" "Yes! If at the end of the day tomorrow you can look me in the eye and show me that I have it easy then you can relax when you get home. But if you can't you have to help me when you get home." "Deal!"
Told from Kevin's Point of View
Wednesday December 16th, 2011
Beep. Beep. I rolled over. Lucy kicked me. Oh yeah. I'm taking care of the kids today. I hear cries coming from the baby monitor. I roll out of bed and turn off the monitor. I leaned down and kissed Lucy's cheek. After pulling on my sweat pants over my boxers I left our bedroom and went to Aaron's bedroom. "Hey Aaron it's 5:30 what are you doing up?" His cries became louder as I bent down and picked him up. "Hey it's Daddy. Don't worry. Do you need your diaper changed?" I laid him down on the changing table and started to change his diaper but his cries became louder. "What's the matter? Are you hungry?" I carried him down stairs and got out a jar of baby food. "Prunes. Sounds good." I set him down in his high chair and started to feed him. I forgot to put his bib on and soon food was all over his clothes and face. "Aaron what would Mommy say? Come on." I picked him up and grabbed a bottle of milk off the counter. Feeding him I went back up stairs and placed him on the changing table. Slipping on a pair of baby blue jeans over his red onesy I got him dressed. After slipping on his white socks I picked him up and holding onto his hands I helped him walk out of his room to Adam and Joshua's. Flipping on the lights I said, "Josh wake up. Adam wake up. Come on guys. Time to wake up." They both sleepily sat up in their beds. "Good morning guys. Come on and get dressed." I sat Aaron down on the floor and helped Adam and Josh get dressed. After they were done they went down stairs to put on their shoes and Aaron "walked" to Jenny and Hannah's very pink room. "Girls it's time to get up." Setting Aaron back on the floor I walked to the side of Jenny's bed. "Jenny come on." "No!" She kicked me in the chest. "Jenny Ruth Kinkirk! Do not kick me! Now get out of bed!" "No!" "Do not tell me no!" I picked her up and set her on the floor. "Hannah get up. It's time to get up." "No!" she pulled the blanket over her head. "Do not tell me no! Now get out of that bed now!" Hannah got out of the bed and hugged me. "Sorry Daddy." "I'm sorry for yelling at you Hannah. Now get dressed." I bent down next to Jenny. "Jenny are you going to apologize to me?" "NO!" My headstrong streak was showing trough my daughter. "Fine you can sit here." "No! Sorry Daddy!" She stood up and hugged me. I hugged her back and said, "Now go get dressed." She let go of me and hurried to the white dresser on the opposite wall. It took them 15 minutes to get dressed. "Daddy you have to do our hair." Jenny told me. "What?" I don't know how to do hair. Lucy never said this was apart of the job. "Mommy always does." Hannah said. "Okay. Let's get Rachel and Rebekah up first." Hannah grabbed my hand and tried to drag me across the hall. "Wait Hannah. I have to get Aaron." I picked him up off the floor and followed Hannah and Jenny to Rachel and Rebekah's room. Hannah jumped onto Rebekah's bed. "Hannah get down. Rebekah and Rachel it's time to wake up." I sat down on Rachel's bed and patted her back. "Rachel come on wake up." Rachel sat up and rubbed her eyes. "Where's Mommy?" "Mommy is sleeping." "Why?" "Mommy has the day off." "Why?" "Because Mommy is tired." "Why?" "Because" "Why?" "Rachel Leah quite asking why. Now get dressed. Rebekah time to get up." Rebekah sat up and rubbed her eyes just like Rachel. "Come on get dressed." They both got out of bed and stood there. "What are you doing?" "Mommy picks out our clothes." Said Rebekah. "Oh. Okay well…" I headed to their closet and opened the door. I grabbed a pair of blue jeans, a kaki skirt, and two pink long sleeve shirts. "No!" yelled Rachel. "Same!" yelled Rebekah. "I hung the blue jeans back up and grabbed the other kaki skirt. I placed both on the bed closest to me. I opened the top two drawers to the white dresser and pulled out two pairs of white tights and two pairs of underwear. I place both on the bed and grabbed the two pairs of black Mary Jane's in the shoe rack on the back of the door and place them on the bed too. "Okay you can get dressed." They stood there. "What's the matter now?" "Help" Rachel said. I sat down and helped them get off their pajama pant and put on clean underwear, tights, and their skirts, take off their tops and put on their long sleeve pink shirts. I looked up and saw Aaron wasn't where I left him. "Aaron! Aaron!" I stood up and started to look around. The door was shut so he couldn't have gotten far. I turned around and there he was, he was sitting in the closet. I picked him up and shut the door. "Daddy hair!" yelled Jenny. "Alright come on." They followed me and Aaron into the Jack and Jill bathroom that connected Jenny and Hannah's room and Rachel and Rebekah's room. I set Aaron down on the floor making sure that the door that leds to Hannah and Jenny's room. "Okay who's first?" All four hands shot up. "We'll go in order. Jenny you're first." Jenny pushed her way past her sisters and stopped in front of me. "What do you want?" "A pony tail!" "Okay." I spent 15 minutes trying to get a pony tail but I finally got it. Hannah wanted barrettes on both sides. Rachel and Rebekah wanted their hair like Lucy's was yesterday, part up and part down. I looked at the flower clock on the wall, 7:15. "Alright let's go down stairs." Everybody went downstairs and into the kitchen. I was missing someone. Jenny Check. Adam Check. Hannah Check. Aaron Check. Joshua Check. Rachel Check. Rebekah Check. Caleb……. Caleb!!! I forgot to wake him up. I ran up the stairs and ran into his room. There he was playing with his trains. "Caleb!" "Daddy" I picked him up and hugged him. "Time to get dressed Buddy." I helped him put on his blue jeans, socks, and jersey like shirt. I carried him downstairs. When we got to the bottom step the door bell rang. When I opened the door Catherine was standing there. "Hi Kevin." "Catherine what are you doing here?" "It's my day for carpool. Are Jenny, Adam, and Hannah ready?" "Almost." "Okay well I'll be in the car." "Okay." I shut the door and put Caleb down. I hurried into the kitchen and helped Hannah and Adam put on their shoes while Jenny put on her's. I help them slip on their coats and I grabbed their backpacks. "Daddy we need our lunches?" I had forgotten Lucy packs their lunch luckily for me she packs a week's worth and puts it in the fridge. I opened the fridge and grabbed the lunch boxes that had their names on them. "Here you go." Ii ushered them to the front door, down the front steps, and to Catherine's Suburban. I opened the door. "Thanks for taking the kids Catherine." "It's okay we rotate. Lucy has tomorrow." The kids got buckled in and Catherine took off." It was7:45. I walked back into the house and was greeted by cries. "What happened?" "Caleb hit me!" yelled Rachel. I picked her up and looked at Caleb. "Don't hit your sister." I sat Rachel down on the counter top and headed to the fridge. I pulled out eggs, bacon, and a can of biscuits. I put the biscuits on a cookie sheet and put them in the oven. I started to cook some bacon and eggs but the kids had other plans. "Daddy tell Josh to stop touching me." "Rachel started it." "Daddy Caleb is stealing Aaron's passy." "Josh stop it. Rachel leave your brother alone." I said walking to where Caleb was. I picked him up and put him in his chair at the table. I picked Rachel up and put her in her seat. "Rebekah and Joshua come over here and sit down." They sat down in their chairs. I finish breakfast and put it on plates in front of them. "EEWWW!!!" yelled Rachel. "I don't want!!!" yelled Rebekah. Caleb started to shove it in his mouth and Joshua threw it on the floor. "Rachel and Rebekah eat it! Caleb slow down! Joshua pick that up and eats what's on your plate." But instead of picking it up Joshua got up and ran away. "Joshua get back here!" "I don't like this Daddy!" Rachel said. "Rachel you will eat and you will like it. Now eat!" I stood up and went after Joshua. I caught up to him and pick him up. "Joshua come on and eat." I carried him back to the table and sat down with him in my lap. I feed him and Rachel and Rebekah slowly ate their food. Lucy's right. This is really hard and it's only 8:00.
TBC……