Prompt #16:Christmas with the family.

December 8th 2019

The best time of the year had come back. Into their household it was tradition to decorate by themselves. They had bought the biggestest tree,according to Lexie,and now they would have finished it in family style. Truth to be told Cat had held a fake one for years,but once she had married Kara and gotten pregnant they had opted for the kids to have the true thing home,and get that one back out only if they had decided they were tired of brooming spruce needles away. It was like having brought an whole forest in. Cat took it upon herself to go for the lights and threads of pearls,Carter for the upper decorations half standing on a chair,safely guarded and looked after by Kara,as she and Lexie took care of the lower decorations,passing balls and other things around. It was the cutest thing to see Lex walking for the whole living room with balls bigger than her hands in her arms,as Kara rolled close to her from time to time to make sure she didn't drop any. Some were in danger of breaking.

"Carter,how are you doing up there?"

"I'm almost over,ma,just need to put the ribbon."

"Are you sure you can get up there?"

"I'm alright"

And he was. Cat was in wonder of how beautiful it was coming out to be.

Nothing was like an evening in the family. Even better when it was to prepare for such a big festivity for them.

"Mommie,when is Santa coming?"

"It's still too soon. He has to get things ready,all the gifts for the kids of the world. When he'll be ready he'll come"

"Otay. We make the tree so he comes sooner?"

The family laughed wholeheartedly at Lexie's innocence and Cat answered a bit for everybody.

"We make it so he can put all the gifts under,he won't come sooner,but if it's beautiful he'll remember about it forever and know you're a good kid because you helped."

"Really"

"Absolutely"

Lexie went to the boxes still half full with decorations and grabbed as many as she could to help more,and quickly. There were so many,between wreaths,balls,stars and God knows what else that they could only spot the lower half of her body,meaning her tiny feet.

Kara and Cat went towards her and made sure to grab all the things and give some to Carter,and put the others aside for later,before grabbing her together to cover her up with kisses. Lexie squirmed between them,but did nothing to get away. She loved to cuddle with her family,and they were all pretty soft,and abbracciabili. She was sure Santa would've felt the love that could be breathed inside of her house.


December 25th

Christmas was big deal. Seriously. Cat and Kara had spent the whole night organizing,after the kids had gone to bed. Or Cat had,because she had been sent off to bed after 30 minutes into it to get some strength back for the 25th,which fell today. She had woken up in the arms of the woman she loved the most in the world,and together they had dressed up and gone back down. The kids would surely be coming any moment,and they were to be there to stop eventual present swaps or taking. Last Christmas Lexie,though still being much littler,had swapped up all their presents and hidden others,which meant they had had to hunt for theirs and those of the rest of their enlarged family and friends. Carter had filmed the entire thing and now it sat between those videos they would be rewatching when they wanted a good laughter. They had truly looked funny,half disheveled,rounding the place and checking out everywhere, as Lexie clapped her hands,babbling at them some of the words she had just and for the first time learned. Carter had been the proudest big brother,taking that video.

As they shared that memory,they heard feet running down the stairs,and soon the kids appeared into the living room,with the biggest smiles on their faces,looking at them.

"Mom,mama"

They both welcomed an armful of their kids,and exchanged hugs and kisses with them,before they let them go under the tree and check out what Santa had brought them. Lexie looked at it all with wonder,Carter the same. Even though being a teenager he still enjoyed the wonders of such a day.

Dolls and new dresses for Lexie who was quickly growing up,a new phone,games and a telescope for Carter,who had taken up their passion of looking at stars,even if out of fun,because he planned on taking a different path,and they were both sure of that. It reminded Kara of her adoptive father.

As far as they were concerned,Kara gave Cat a necklace,and a bracelet with several charms,each and every one to ind a member of the family. A pair of glasses for Cat,because she wore them always,an S similar to the one on her Supergirk dress,a teddy bear,which stood for Lexie,because she was their personal teddy and she was in love with those,and a tiny portable pc standing for Carter,who was the IT of the family,and had chosen he would've taken a degree as one once he had been finished with high school.

Cat instead gave her a pendant.

"There's us into it,you put it above your heart and when you'll be back to your duties as Supergirl,you'll know there's somebody here always waiting for you,and that we love you"

"I love you too and I could've never wished for anything better than this"

Christmas truly was a big deal. A moment full of happiness. Her relapse was momentarily forgotten under the layers of their kids' happiness,laughters and the spirit of the festivity,which brought the world together,and warmth into their hearts.