Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you have a fantastic time with your families today!
Emma and Regina were utterly exhausted. After opening all of their presents, the kids had decided that they wanted to go sledding. The mansion wasn't on a hill, but Emma and Regina had agreed that they could all just go to the park.
But of course, in true Lola fashion, Lola had to suggest walking to the park instead of driving. That way, they would all definitely be in the Christmas spirit.
The only bad part was that little kids had way more energy than their parents. Lola ran ahead, Ava and Henry right on her heels. Emma and Regina walked behind them, trying in vain to get them to slow down. With Lola as the ringleader, there was no telling what would happen.
Finally, the family reached the park. Lola jumped up and down impatiently, waiting for Emma and Regina to catch up. They of course had gotten stuck with carrying the sleds.
They at last walked into the park, gladly handing off each of the sleds. "Be careful please!" Regina called after them as they ran off.
Emma chuckled and grabbed her hand. They walked slowly towards the hill. "You know, I think this is the most tired I've ever been. And we still have to walk home."
Regina groaned. "Why did we agree to coming out here?"
Emma pointed to the hill. "That's why."
Regina smiled as Ava and Henry helped Lola onto her little pink sled. They counted to three before pushing her gently down the hill. It wasn't a very big hill, but Lola still laughed and screamed in excitement.
After she got to the bottom, Lola rolled off of her sled and made a snow angel before grabbing her sled and running back up the hill.
"She's not going to be running like that in about 10 minutes," Emma said, chuckling.
Regina laughed. "No, she'll last longer than that. Have you met our daughter? She has energy to burn all the time."
"True," Emma agreed.
Lola got to the top of the hill and moved out of the way. She and Henry helped Ava get onto her sled before gently pushing her down the hill with Henry's help.
This continued on for about 15 more minutes before the kids started to show signs of being tired. Emma and Regina shared a glance before walking over. If they didn't interfere, Lola would keep going until she collapsed.
"Come on, I think it's time to go home," Emma said, picking up Ava and Henry's sleds.
"But I wanna keep going," Lola said, putting down her sled and sitting on it in defiance. She started to scoot towards the edge of the hill, but Regina reached over and grabbed it before pulling Lola back to the rest of the family.
"We're going home," Regina said, picking her up and setting her on the ground. "It's starting to get dark and cold, and aren't you tired?"
"No," Lola said, pouting.
Emma chuckled. Lola was as bad at lying to Regina as Emma herself was. "Come on Lo. We can come back tomorrow."
"Promise?" Lola asked.
Emma nodded. "I promise."
"Okay!" Lola said. She turned to Ava and Henry, who both looked completely beat. "Race you home!"
Ava and Henry both looked at each other and groaned before taking off after her. Regina shook her head before picking up Lola's sled.
"Well she definitely does have energy to burn," Emma said.
"She does," Regina agreed. "But I wouldn't have it any other way."
