Gunnery Sergent Gibbs is standing in his bathroom. He is applying shaving cream on his face so he can get ready for work. It is the last day of work before he is on Christmas break with his family. He hears small footsteps coming up the stairs.
"Daddy?" he hears his 4-year-old daughter Kelly calls.
"in the bathroom Kelly," Gibbs calls back. he hears the little footsteps entering the master bedroom and walks to the bathroom adjoining the master bedroom. He looks over at his little girl ho is standing in the open doorway. She in her pajamas with her doll in her hand.
"Hey, Kell. What do you need?" he asks and then turns back to look in the mirror to start shaving. He then hears his little girl laugh. Gibbs looks over at his little girl who is laughing really hard. She is now roaming around in her parents' bed while she is laughing. Gibbs steps over to the door leading to the bedroom and just watches his little girl. She is laughing too much to actually tell what is so funny. Kelly's laughter has attracted her mom, Shannons attention and she is now standing in the door leading to the hallway. She looks over at Gibbs.
"What is so funny?" she asks Gibbs. Gibbs just shrugs.
"I have no idea."
"daddy." The little girl finally manages to get out in between her laughing. Shannon looks over at Gibbs. He still has shaving cream on his face.
"what did you say to her?" Shannon asks but she can't hide her smile at her daughter's heartfelt laughter.
"nothing," Gibbs says and walks back into the bathroom to shave over the sink. Shannon walks over and lays down on the bed next to Kelly.
"What is so funny about your daddy?" Shannon asks.
The little girl manages to stop laughing and sits up.
"look, mommy." Kelly points at Gibbs who is standing over the sink shaving.
"yeah your dad is getting ready for work," Shannon explains, failing to see what her daughter finds so funny about Gibbs getting a nice clean shave and getting ready for work. The same thing that he does every day.
"daddy looks like Santa." The little girl says and starts laughing again and Shannon can't help but laugh too. More at Kelly than at Gibbs. Gibbs is now done shaving and only has a bit of shaving cream left on his face. Gibbs looks over at Shannon and Kelly.
"What did you say, Kell?" Gibbs asks and walks over to the bed while he is wiping his face clean with a towel.
"you looked like Santa daddy." Gibbs sits down next to Kelly.
"I don't look like Santa." Gibbs objects to his daughter's argument.
"yeah you did daddy. It looked like you had a big white beard just like Santa." Kelly says.
"It wasn't a beard, Kelly," Gibbs explains.
Kelly sits up and looks at her dad like she is trying to investigate something and then she looks at Shannon.
"Mommy, can I have waffles for breakfast?"
Shannon and Gibbs look confused at each other and then at their daughter. They know how much Kelly loves waffles but it is normally not her favorite choice of breakfast.
"no why would you think you could have waffles for breakfast?" Shannon asks.
"because daddy did." The little girl says and looks back at Gibbs and then to Shannon again.
"I didn't have waffles for breakfast," Gibbs says.
"yeah I can see the whipped cream," Kelly says and points to a bit of shaving cream left on Gibbs's face.
"that is shaving cream," Gibbs says and Shannon reaches over and removes it with her fingers and Gibbs leans into her touch and stares into his wife's dark brown eyes.
"you can have cereal for breakfast," Shannon says.
"not fair mommy," Kelly says and leaves the bedroom with her arms crossed over her chest and stomping with every step she takes.
"she has your temper, impatience and,stubbornness," Shannon says and gives her husband a kiss.
"and your sense of humor," Gibbs says and they both start laughing. Gibbs leans over and kisses his wife and leans over her so she is laying down on the bed and he is leaning on top of her and kisses her.