For Disclaimer, please see chapter one. Thanks! I also don't own the movie 'Shrek 2'

or the cereal 'Cheerios'.

A/N: Hi all! So sorry that I haven't updated in forever. I've been out of town counseling at a summer camp, and just got back home about an hour ago. In addition, I accidentally saved over my 4 page chapter that I had already started, so I have to start from scratch again. Great. Lol. Enjoy, and please review!

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Chapter Two: Family Time

October 29

Natalie Camden gasped loudly as she walked into the bedroom that she and her husband shared. Liv, their 4-year-old daughter, was sitting in the floor wearing her mother's red dress and high heels. Her cheeks were bright pink from blush and she had blue eye lids as she was surrounded with her mother's make up.

"Olivia Jocelyn…" She said in a stunned whisper. Liv was just applying candy red lipstick when she looked up and saw her flabbergasted mother standing over her.

"Hi mama!" She cried happily. "Don't I look beautiful?" She asked. Natalie tried her hardest to not yell at her oldest child.

"You look really nice, baby." She said. "But this is a big no no." She walked over and helped her daughter slip off the dress and shoes and took them into the closet where she found Liv's clothing in a pile on the floor. She picked the cloths up, quickly put her make up away, then picked up her daughter. "We need to get you into the bath." She said, carrying her down the hall into the kids' bathroom. "But remember, we need to be extra quiet. Do you remember why?" She asked.

"Yep!" Liv said happily. " 'Cause Landon and Emma are sleeping!" She said with a smile, proud that she remembered. Being four, she didn't take naps much anymore, but her 2 year old brother and 7 month old sister of course still did. She greatly enjoyed being able to stay up while her siblings slept, but it was still hard for her to keep quiet. Natalie helped her daughter to slip off her remaining cloths, then lifted her into the bathroom. It took a good 10 minutes to get off the multiple layers of make up that Liv had put on her face. Once they were done, the little girl got out of the tub, and as soon as she was dry again, she hurried out to her room.

Just as Natalie started down the stairs, she heard her son's voice loudly call her name. Only seconds later, a baby's cry was heard through out the house as well. Natalie sighed. So much for nap time! She started into Emma's room, where she lifted her 7-month-old out of her crib and swayed her back and forth to calm her crying. Once the noise had subsided, she carried the baby into the next room where Landon stood holding onto the edges of his own crib with puffy red eyes.

"No more nap!" he cried. "Play time. I like cars, play cars with me." He demanded. Natalie lifted him out of his crib with her free arm and put him down on the ground.

"I can't play cars with you right now, but I bet you Liv will." She said, knowing that her daughter and son loved to play with one another. Confirming her suspicions, Liv ran in moments later and hurried over to her brother.

"Sure I'll play with you!" She cried. "I thought that you'd never wake up!" Natalie smiled as Liv got out the toy cars and her children began to play.

"Ok you two, I'll be in the kitchen feeding Emma in case you need me." She said. The kids nodded absent-mindedly as she started out of the room and down the stairs. In the kitchen she quickly prepared a bottle, then sat down on the sofa with the baby, turning on the news as she held the bottle for Emma to drink. The kids behaved well upstairs for the fifteen minutes that it took for their baby sister to finish her bottle. When she did, Natalie quickly put the bottle in the dish washer then burped her youngest child. As she finished up, Liv and Landon hurried down the stairs.

"Mommy, can we watch Shrek 2? Please?" Liv begged. This was their current favorite movie and the kids watched it often.

"Yes you may." Natalie said, which received cheers from her 4 and 2 year olds. Landon walked over to the kids' video holder and got the DVD for his sister who put it in the player then hopped onto the sofa next to their mother. Soon they were giggling with joy at the antics of the large green ogre. Natalie put the baby into her bouncer next to the sofa as she walked into the kitchen to start diner. Her three kids seemed entranced by the movement on the screen as she made some lasagna. Right as the timer on the oven dinged, David walked into their home and walked over, kissing his wife then greeting his kids.

"Perfect timing!" He said cheerfully as he lifted Emma out of her bouncer and held the giggling 7-month-old over his head. "I missed my babies, yes I did!" He said, kissing her forehead then putting her back in her bouncer. She wined for a moment, then saw the movie again and quieted down. David put his arms around his wife's waist with a smile. "How can I help you?"

"Well, if you could set the table while I get the plates ready that would be great." She told him. He started getting out silverware as she put food on four plates then placed a handful of cheerios onto the tray of the high chair. "Come and get it!" She said with a laugh and her two older children came to the table as she grabbed Emma from her bouncer and put her in her high chair. After saying a prayer, the all dug in. Immediately, Liv began talking.

"Daddy! Guess what. Today, I dressed up like mommy, and I looked so beautiful! And I even wore her high heel shoes! I was just like a grown up!" She sounded excited, but then looked down. "Mommy was angry." She said. David glanced at his wife before answering her.

"Wow, that sounds interesting…" he searched for the right words. "I bet that was fun, but don't forget that we always have to ask mommy or daddy for permission first before using their things." He told her, and Liv nodded. "I bet you sure did look pretty though." Liv smiled and nodded. Landon spoke next.

"Daddy, after my nap, I made Emma cry." He said. David frowned and looked at his son.

"How did you make her cry?" He asked, concerned.

"I said 'Mommy!' it made her come awake too." He explained. "But she forgave me, huh Emmy!" He tickled his sister and she giggled. David smiled.

"Well that's good. It's always important that we forgive each other." He said as he took another bite. He turned to his wife.

"I got a call from Lucy today." He told her. "She said that Haylie and Anna are going to be able to come home for Thanksgiving so they won't be able to come for dinner here." He said, speaking of how they had invited the Kinkirks, Sarah and Matt, Cecilia and Simon, and Lina and Sam over for dinner that evening. "Also, Kate is coming home to Matt and Sarah, so they won't be coming either. Lina and Sam got invited to Oregon to eat with Lina's parents, so they're going there. The only people who could make it are Cecilia and Simon, so they're coming, and I also called to invite my parents, so they're coming too."

"Oh, that'll be fun." Natalie said. "It's too bad that the other can't make it, but I totally understand, I mean, how great that the kids are coming home from college! And It's nice that Lina, Sam and the kids will get to see Lina's parents." David nodded.

"It will." He said. The family finished eating and soon after the kids finished their movie, they were put to bed. Then, for the first time that day, Natalie and David were able to spend their much enjoyed alone time they got every evening.

A/N: I hope you liked this chapter! This family is actually based on a family I baby sit for! They're soo cute! Hehe. Please review! The more reviews I get, the quicker I will update!