Chapter 8
August (Four ballerinas)
Shortly before noon the adults decorated the living room for Parker's second birthday. The only guests were Victor, Billie, Darryl, Sheila and Elise. There was no theme.
Payton was napping in the playpen. Henry Junior and Parker were watching cat in the hat on Tv. Wyatt, Chris and the girls were playing outside in the back yard. Once they finished decorating, Henry called in the children. Not long after the guests arrived.
"Phoebe, you remember my niece Alyssa" Elise said and pushed Alyssa in front of her.
"This my sister Rebecca, Alyssa's mom" Elise introduced.
"Hi Rebecca, this is my husband Coop, and our daughters P.J. and Parker" Phoebe introduced.
Alyssa shook Coop's hand and wished Parker a happy birthday. Parker thanked her and every one settled in the living room. Phoebe then introduced Rebecca to the others. Alyssa instantly joined Melinda, P.J. and the twins, she was defiantly not shy.
"Have you guys thought of signing the girls up for ballet" Rebecca asked.
"Not it never came up" Paige replied.
"I signed Alyssa up, if you think your girls will enjoy it here's the flyer" Rebecca said and handed the flyer to Piper.
"Ballet Lessons for Children ages 3-8, 20 dollars per child" Piper read out loud.
"I think they will enjoy it" Paige stated.
"Why not sounds like harmless fun" Piper agreed.
Piper looked at the children, they all seemed happy. Then she looked closer and noticed Chris looked over whelmed. Piper pointed it out to Leo and went to deal with it.
"Chris are you ok" Piper softly asked.
"They're too loud" Chris stated with his hands on his ears.
"Would you like to go play in your room alone?"
"Yes please."
"Ok go ahead, come out when you're ready."
Chris walked up to his room, and baby Payton woke up from her nap. Andy placed her on his lap. Shortly before supper Chris came back. He snuggled up with Leo on the couch. Leo felt Chris's forehead, he felt warm.
Leo took Chris up to the bathroom and found the thermometer. Leo took Chris's temperature, he had a fever. Leo took Chris to Piper who was in the kitchen cooking supper.
"Chris has a small fever, do you want me to heal him" Leo asked.
"Might as well, if you don't Wyatt will" Piper stated.
Leo healed Chris and Piper served supper. Parker ate at the table like a big girl. After supper Phoebe and Coop carried in the cake while singing. They placed the cake on the table in-font of Parker, who blew out the candle.
After cake it was time for presents. Phoebe and Coop went last. Everyone went up to P.J. and Parker's room. Instead of a bed and a crib, there was now two beds.
"My first big girl bed" Parker squealed and jumped on her new bed.
"Happy birthday" Phoebe and Coop said.
That night Parker was entirely excited to sleep in her new bed. Phoebe and Coop tucked in P.J. and Parker and kissed their heads.
"I'm a big girl now" Parker sang.
"Oh get over yourself" P.J. told her sister while rolling her eyes.
"Good night my two big girls" Phoebe said as she turned out the light.
The next day Piper, Leo, Paige, Henry, Phoebe and Coop took their daughters to the dance studio to sign them up for ballet. While Prue and Andy watched their daughter as well as babysat Wyatt, Chris, Parker and little Henry. They got in the short line. Phoebe, Coop and P.J. went first.
"Hi my name is Cindy, I'm in charge of the ballet class, who are you signing up today" A women sitting at a desk said.
"Our daughter P.J. Halliwell" Coop said.
"What's her full name" Cindy asked.
"Prue Johnna" Phoebe stated.
"How old is she" Cindy asked.
"Three years and nine months" Coop answered.
"Any medical problems" Cindy asked.
"No" Phoebe informed.
"Ok sign this sheet and hand over the money" Cindy directed.
Phoebe and Coop signed and paid. Cindy then gave Phoebe the schedule. Coop picked up P.J. and moved out of the line with Phoebe. Paige, Henry and the twins took their turn.
"Hi my name is Cindy, I'm in charge of the ballet class, who are you signing up today?"
"Our twin daughters Tamora and Kat Mitchel" Paige informed.
"How old are they" Cindy asked.
"Four years and three months" Henry responded.
"Any Medical problems" Cindy asked.
"Nope" Paige replied.
"Ok sign this sheet and hand over the money" Cindy directed.
Paige and Henry signed and paid. Cindy then gave Paige the schedule. Paige and Henry lead the twins out of the line. Piper, Leo and Melinda finally had their turn.
"Hi my name is Cindy, I'm in charge of the ballet class, who are you signing up today?"
"Our daughter Melinda Halliwell" Leo said.
"How old is she" Cindy asked.
"Four years and five months" Piper stated.
"Any Medical problems" Cindy asked.
"No" Leo said.
"Ok sign this sheet and hand over the money" Cindy directed.
Piper and Leo signed and paid. Cindy then gave Piper the schedule. Piper and Leo lead Melinda over to the others and they went home. It was a little crazy at the manor. Andy was holding Payton who was screaming and refusing a bottle, Wyatt and Chris were running around and Chris was yelling he was the boss of everyone. Henry Jr. and Parker were crying on the time out chairs, and Poor Prue was trying to settle the boy's down.
"Wyatt Matthew Halliwell, calm your ass down, Chris you are not the prince of the world" Piper snapped.
The boy's immediately settled down and sat on the couch. Phoebe helped Andy was Payton, while Paige and Coop dealt with their children who were on time out for hitting each other. Paige and Coop had Parker and little Henry apologise to each other. Piper then sent the children up their room for quiet time.
"You're my hero Piper" Prue told her.
"Sorry to put you through this nightmare, I'll clean this place up" Piper said looking at the huge mess of toys and books in the living room.
Piper and Leo cleaned up the living room made lunch. The children orbed or beamed to the table and started grabbing at the milk and meat slices. They were being so rude and Piper did not approve.
"Excuse me, mind your manners, you're not farm animals" Piper scolded.
"Well P.J. was a pony once" Phoebe recalled.
"Phoebe, so not the time" Piper scolded her sister.
The children calmed down and properly ate their sandwiches. Afterwards most of the children went down for nap. Those who didn't were kicked outside to avoid making the house a pig pen. Two days later it was the first day of Ballet class. The girls were genuinely excited.
Once they arrived, Leo started to film them. Piper told him to save the battery for when they actually started. Soon enough Cindy came in and got the children to sit in a circle. She had them all introduce themselves. Leo then started recording them learn the steps to a very simple dance.
The first three classes went well, the girls were having a lot of fun. However the forth class didn't go so well, it all started that morning. Kat and Tamora were refusing to get out of bed, and P.J. was in a very hyper mood. Paige had a feeling it would be a bad idea to have the twin's attend class that day, but sent them anyways.
When practice started, the twins refused to practice and listen. They started a scene by screaming and hitting the other children. Paige and Henry quickly took them away and sat them down on a time out on the bench. When the other children were dancing in a circle P.J. ruined it. She was so hyper she ran twirled around so fast and hard that she feel into Melinda.
Melinda stumbled backwards and knocked down the girl beside her. That girl fell and eventually all the children had been knocked down. P.J. didn't even notice, she just kept on twirling. She finally managed to twirl herself into a wall. After banging her head on the wall she started crying and Melinda rushed over to her and hugged her.
Paige, Henry, Phoebe and Coop decided it would be best to take P.J. and twins home. Piper and Leo stayed behind so Melinda could stay. However Melinda threw a tantrum because she didn't want to dance without her cousins. So Piper and Leo had to take her home too.
The next few classes didn't go well either. There was always a tantrum and accident. On the day of the recital everyone just prayed that nothing would go wrong. Prue, Andy, Payton, Piper, Leo, Phoebe, Coop, Paige, both Henry's, Wyatt, Chris and Parker took their seats in the audience. Cindy announced the dance then the lights went out except for one above the stage.
The dancers came onto the stage and began the dance. Phoebe was in charge of filming. Melinda came in to do her solo part and she was pretty good. Tamora got jealous since she didn't have a solo, so she ran forward and pushed Melinda to the side. Tamora then started Melinda's dance and Melinda pushed Tamora. Melinda started where she had left off but Tamora wasn't finished.
Tamora ran to her and pushed her right off the stage. The music instantly stopped and only Melinda's crying could be heard. Piper and Leo ran to her and checked for injures. Henry go up on stage and put Tamora over his shoulder and walked off the stage with her. Luckily Melinda was fine, and the family went home.
Back at the manor Tamora was on a major time out, and everyone else was on the couch watching Melinda perform her solo. She was very good at she really enjoyed it. Melinda bowed as her family cheered and clapped for her. She felt very proud of herself.
Once she was done, Paige had Tamora apologise to Melinda. Tamora did apologise and then hugged her cousin. Every one decided ballet was not a good idea for the twins and P.J., but Melinda asked if she could continue dance lesson. Piper and Leo decided it would be a good and normal experience for her so they signed her up for dance group that does all sorts of dances.