"I'll dress them every morning!" Alice said cuddling Olivia close.
"That's not fair Alice. What I wanted to dress them?" Rosalie asked glaring.
"Well to bad. I already said I would." Alice said playing with the red curls on Olivia's head.
"You guys can do whatever you want to but I wouldn't mind helping to cook for them." Edward said grabbing Missies hand from where she was trying to stick them up his nose.
"As long as you guys do all the work I don't care who does what." Emmett said with a laugh. Alice and Rosalie glared at him before beginning their long argument of who was going to dress the two children.
"I have an idea." Carlisle began looking at the two bickering vampires.
"Rose! Alice!" Esme yelled to get their attention. They stopped and looked over at Esme.
"As I was saying. There are seven days in a week and seven of us. We'll all take turns. Alice will have Mondays. Rose can have Tuesdays, and so on." Carlisle said. Alice and Rosalie looked at each other before nodding.
"Fine we'll do it that way." Alice said getting up to take the two girls upstairs to get them dressed.
"Wait. What about when we go hunting?" Jasper asked coming into the kitchen.
"Then whoever stays here when we the rest go hunting can take care of them. How's that?" Esme said looking at everyone. The all nodded.
"You all had better go before you're late for school." Carlisle said looking at his watch. "And I need to get to work." He said kissing Esme on the cheek. "Give the girls a kiss for me." Carlisle added as he made his way outside.
"Why can't we just stay home today?" Rosalie asked with a sigh.
"Because you were all out last week." Esme answered.
"But we're moving this weekend anyway." Emmett said.
"But you still got one week till you're all out for the summer so you might as well just do the last five days." Esme said as Alice walked down the stairs with the two children. Esme shook her head when she saw Missie and Olivia wearing pink frilly dresses. Emmett rolled his eyes and stood up and went over to get Olivia out of Alice's arms.
"See you later squirt." He said before kissing the top of her head. Alice smacked his arm and he winced.
"Don't call her squirt." Alice said glaring. Emmett rolled his eyes and handed her to Edward so he could say goodbye. They all said goodbye to the two children before walking out the front door. Esme watched them all get into Edwards Volvo with Olivia and Missie in her arms.
"Okay girls lets go change you into something you can play outside in." Esme said setting Olivia down on the ground and taking her hand. Olivia stuck her thumb in her mouth and swung Esme's hand back and forth. Esme smiled down at her and led her upstairs. After dressing Olivia in a pair of shorts and a t-shirt she turned to change Missie.
"Okay Missie now it's time for you." She said picking her up and setting her on the changing table. Esme went to one of the dressers and pulled a small pink and white striped shirt out of the drawer with a pair of white shorts for Missie and carried them over to where Missie sat.
"Uh!" Missie cried and jerked her arm away from Esme with tears forming in her eyes. Esme put the clothes down pulled the child towards her.
"Sweetie what's wrong?" She asked worried that Missie somehow got hurt.
"She doesn't like pink." Esme looked over to see Olivia sitting cross-legged on the floor rocking one of her stuffed animals.
"What?" Esme asked frowning.
"Issie don't like pink. She likes gween." Olivia said shrugging her small shoulders and looking back down at the stuffed dog in her arms and hummed to it. Esme looked back at Missie and smiled before picking up the shirt again and holding it out to her. Missie stuck her tongue out at the shirt and Esme laughed.
"Okay Missie. We'll go throw out all the pink and give you blues and greens." Esme said folding the shirt and putting it back in the drawer before pulling out a baby blue. Missie smiled and clapped her hands and Esme chuckled and finished dressing her.
"Where we goin?" Olivia asked when Esme was finished with Missie and had led them out into the hallway.
"I have some gardening to do and I thought you two should go outside with me." Esme said and Olivia smiled happily and ran towards the stairs.
"Slow down Olivia." Esme said hurrying after her to make sure she didn't fall down the stairs.
"Okay girls don't wander off okay?" Esme said kneeling down beside a flower bed. Olivia nodded smiling and plopped down in the dirt. She worked for a long time before she heard Missie whimpering and rubbing her eyes. She wiped her hands on her knees and walked over to her and picked her up.
"What's wrong?" She asked gently rocking her back and forth. Missie only whimpered and buried her head in her neck. Esme looked around for Olivia but couldn't find her.
"Where did Olivia go?" She pushed Missie back but stopped when she saw her eyes drooping. She sighed and turned towards the house. Esme sat Missie down on the living room floor and pulled a blanket off the back of the sofa and draped it over her.
"I'll be right back Missie I have to go look for your sister." She said kissing her forehead and turning to go back outside. She caught Olivia's sent and followed it into the forest. Esme sighed in relief when she saw her sitting on her knees with tears in her eyes. She looked up when Esme came closer and immediately jumped to her feet and ran to Esme, who knelt down and caught her when she lunged halfway to her.
"I told you not to wander off sweetie." Esme said hugging to little girl close. Olivia sniffled and Esme rubbed her back.
"Sorry." She whimpered. Esme stood up with her in her arms and carried her to back to the house.
" It's not your fault Olivia. I should have been paying closer attention." She said as Olivia clung to her. When they got back to the house Esme looked at a clock and gasped when she saw it read 12:30.
"I'll fix you girls some lunch then it's time for a nap. No wander Missie is so tired." She told Olivia as she sat her down on the ground and took her hand. She retrieved the sleeping girl and carried her into t he living room. Missie whimpered and rubbed her eyes.
"I know your tired sweetie. After you eat you can sleep." Esme said to her. She fixed a simple lunch of grilled cheese and sat them in front the two girls and sat down with them while they ate.
"Okay girls lets go upstairs." Esme said setting the dirty plates in the sink after they had finished. Missie raised her arms and Esme picked her up out of the high chair she sat in and helped Olivia out of hers.
"I don't wanna nap." Olivia whined while Esme changed Missie into clean clothes.
"If you go to sleep now, maybe when you wake up everyone will be home." Esme said laying Missie down in her crib. Olivia huffed but let Esme change her out of her dirty clothes.
"I want pacee." She said holding out her hand. Esme sighed and went to the changing table and pulled out Olivia's pacifier and handed it to her before pulling a blanket over her.