It was a rare, guaranteed day off for the FBI agent couple. Emily had woken up small that morning and this gave JJ the opportunity that she had been waiting for. Over the last few months JJ had been ordering activities that she and Emily could do together in her little space, it hurt the blonde that her girlfriend hadn't been able to do any of the fun activities that all children should get to experience, her childhood being full of ambassador events, having to play the perfect daughter under the strict Elizabeth Prentiss thumb. She had put the brunette in front of the TV, so she was happily distracted while JJ got to work setting up the activities in the garden, it was going to be quite a messy day and so she had dressed herself and her little one in old clothes, thankfully this didn't raise any suspicion in the little brunette who was to deep into her little space to really think about those things to much. After about fifteen minutes of setting up JJ was ready to surprise her girl,

"Em pumpkin," she called out as she entered the living room, big brown eyes moved to look at her mama, love clearly shining in them,

"Yeah mama,"

"I want to play with you all day, would you like that?" the blonde asked her voice showing clear excitement. Squirming excitedly in her seat Emily reached out to her mama nodding madly,

"Yes, please mama, yes please!" she squealed excitedly, a whole day playing with her mama would be so fun!

"Alright baby, let's go!" JJ picked up the brunette and swung her around before resting her on her hip to walk her to the garden, once their brown eyes widened, surrounding her was all sorts of fun activities to do she could see paints and chalks, Legos, and water balloons.

"Mama," the little gasped wrapping her arms tightly around her caregivers neck, a silent thank you for giving her the childhood she always wanted, she was going to have such a fun day and even better she was going to do it with her mama, Elizabeth would have never let her play with all these things let alone join in with her. When she pulled away the blonde could see tears shining in her eyes,

"Are those happy tears love bug?" She asked soothingly, the brunette nodded in response before hugging the blonde again, they stayed in that position for a few moments before Emily began to wriggle in the embrace, she was ready to play now. Laughing slightly JJ let her girl down and watched as she ran off towards the paint and the chalks there was paper there as well as the small patio, they had that Emily was going to be able to draw all over,

"Come play mama!" she squealed grabbing the paints and dipping her finger in to make patterns on the paper,

"I'm coming sweetheart," JJ laughed hurrying over and grabbing some paint for herself. The two spent an hour playing in the paints, Emily insisted that JJ don't use a brush so the two used their fingers to create all sorts of patterns and designs on many pieces of paper before a small paint war began. The blonde flicked some purple paint onto the little, so it splattered across her face before she dipped her finger into the red paint and booped the end of her nose, in return Emily splattered paint all over the blonde's shirt and which point began than the war, paint was flying everywhere, and happy squeals and laughs filled the air as they both tried to cover the other in paint and roll away from any shots fired at them. It wasn't until JJ was lying on the ground out of breath that the two called a truce and they went to play with the chalks instead.

The chalks were a whole different game, it started with the two drawing some delicate pretty flowers on the patio before JJ decided to draw a hopscotch, which then instigated a fifteen-minute-long description and demonstration on how to play the game. It took a couple goes for Emily to get the coordination right but when she did, she happily hopped back and forth along the hopscotch while JJ sat on the grass watching her with a big smile on her face, it was so incredibly wonderful to see her girl look so carefree and playful, she was glad she was able to provide this opportunity for her and that Emily trusted her so much to be this open and vulnerable with her. When her girl was eventually tired out from all the jumping back and forth, the blonde scooped her up into her arms and covered her paint splattered face in soft kisses,

"I love you pumpkin," she spoke softly,

"I love you to mama," Emily responded, "We play with the Legos now?" she asked gently pointing to the bucket of Legos that sat on the grass a few inches away from them,

"Of course, honey, let's go!"

It wasn't until mid-afternoon that Emily decided she was finished playing with the Legos. It had gone on so long that JJ had to go in and bring out sandwiches and water so they could have lunch while they played. Not that the blonde had minded, this day was already going better than she imagined and there was still the water balloon battle and the surprise to go. As Jennifer watched Emily lay back on the grass she spoke up,

"Hey, love bug, I think I'm going to beat you in the water balloon battle," she teased softly,

"Nuh uh mama, I'm gonna win," the brunette proclaimed sitting up suddenly,

"We'll just have to see about that then pumpkin won't we," the blonde said raising an eyebrow,

"You're on mama!" the brunette squealed running towards the balloons, laughing JJ followed close behind.

It was a tight battle, even with the brunette's poor coordination in her little state, the blonde was too busy trying to do trick shots that Emily pretty much had a sitting target most of the time, they both got several good hits on one another, and it was down to the final battle, Em had two balloons left to throw and JJ had one, it was currently a tie. Completely soaked and painting running down her face Emily got one hit on JJ. The blonde's reaction was immediate, and she hit Emily back, square in the face. The brunette knew her tactic was going to be a low blow, but this was war, and she would do whatever she had to do to win. Dropping to the ground, a hand went up to her face as she pretended to cry. Panicking JJ rushed over,

"Baby, what's wrong, did I hurt you, oh sweetheart please talk to me," the blonde rushed out pulling the girl into her arms. The brunette's face emerged from behind her hand, a devilish grin on her face,

"Wha…" before JJ could complete her word a water balloon burst on the top of her head and water covered her,

"I win mama!" the brunette proclaimed happily,

"You!" the blonde pointed a finger at her little, "you little devil, I'm going to get you," she said sternly, though it was clear she was still playing given the look on her face.

"No mama no!" the brunette yelled getting off the blonde's lap and running down the garden as the blonde chased her both of them yelling and laughing the whole time. Once JJ had finally caught her, she pulled her into her arms and covered her in kissed again,

"Time for a warm bath I think baby," she said gently, and the brunette nodded in agreement.

It was almost time for dinner when JJ emerged from the kitchen, "Its time for your special surprise pumpkin," the blonde told her. Emily was shocked, wasn't her surprise the fun day they had together. She took the blonde's offered hand and allowed herself to be led into the kitchen, set up there was a high tea fit enough for a princess, placed on her usual chair was her princess costume, Rapunzel her favourite princess. On JJ's chair was Belle's costume, JJ always said if Rapunzel was who she looked like then Belle was Emily, pale with dark features. The blonde helped Emily get into the costume before she got dressed herself and the two had a royal dinner together with all the trimmings and Emily drank tea from her Sippy cup with her little finger out like a proper princess which made the blonde laugh heartily. Overall, the day had been one of the best ever for both JJ and Emily and they both knew it was a definite memory made and one they would hopefully get to do again soon.