Chapter 5
"Good grief girl. You are getting so heavy," Harry replies as he picks up our little six year old daughter. She looks so like his mother. It's rather uncanny. And fitting at the same time. She is our little Lily. I smile as I watch Harry with his oldest girl. Of course it isn't long until his five year old daughter Molly is begging for attention.
"Daddy! Daddy!" Molly cries as she runs into the room. I smile. She's right on cue. I hear the pounding of the twins coming down the stairs. Being four has somehow given them permission to stomp all over the house.
"Daddy!" The boys call in unison. I try not to laugh. They are already such mischief makers. Arthur races James and beats him which results in James pouting.
I turn to find our three year old toddling as fast as he can go past me. Sirius holds out his arms to Harry who is a bit overwhelmed with the amount of children that are holding onto every little side of him. Yet, he still reaches down and picks Sirius up.
Of course the two year old Hestia at my hip is babbling at me to let her down and over to her daddy. I walk over and give Harry a hug as best I can with all our children in the way.
"Okay. Get washed up for dinner!" I announce which causes a race to the bathroom. I set Hestia down and give Harry the proper greeting.
"How was work?" He smiled and laughed.
"Same as usual. I love teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts. How was things here on the home front?" Harry asks as we walk into the kitchen.
"Well Lily fell down the steps and scraped her knee. Then of course Molly just had to follow suit. At the same time Arthur and James caught a baby troll from the garden and were playing commando with it. I barely got it away from them alive. Sirius found a stick and of course used it to hit Lily in the head with it. And Hestia just sat and colored quietly. Overall, a typical day," I said with a laugh. He laughed and shook his head.
"Every think we have too many kids?" He asked. I shook my head and smiled brighter.
"Naw. I think we have just enough."
