Author's Note: Has it really been like a week since I updated? So sorry! I was at home for the weekend and I will be for the next few weekends so I guess I'll just post when I get the chance! This one might be a bit short and fluffy but I love fluffy and it's just supposed to set things up for other chapters. Please keep reviewing they make me so happy! J

"The…e-e-end." Cassidy spit out, reading the last page of her princess book she had picked out. It was the middle of a hot summer in the Stilinski home. All summer Lydia had been working with her daughter on her reading skills, and slowly but surely it was paying off. She had successfully read the story with help from Lydia, but she had completed it. Granted it was only a six page book with repeated simple words, but it was the first step and Lydia couldn't be more proud. "Was that good Mommy?"

"Very good Cassidy, you just read your first book. Most kids don't do that until they're almost six." Lydia said kissing the top of her daughter's strawberry blonde head of hair. She smiled smugly; it would be nice to brag about her daughter's strong academic abilities at such a young age, something that could have either come from Lydia or her husband.

"Wow, I must be smart." She smiled as she opened the book again, studying all of the illustrations intently. Then a cry came over the baby monitor that was set on the counter in the kitchen as well as flowing down the stairs. Right on schedule Lydia observed, the baby always woke up from his afternoon nap around the same time every day.

"Noah must be up from his nap. I'll be right back; you can go ahead and play with your toys if you want." Lydia said as she got up from the couch where she had been sitting with her daughter. Lydia loved that her job as a professor allowed her to spend a few months in the summer with her kids instead of leaving them with a nanny or dropping them off at a daycare.

"Okay Mommy." Cassidy said as she got on the living room floor and began to change the outfit of one of her dolls. Lydia walked up the stairs towards the room where cries were being emitted. As she entered and flipped on the light, as soon as she did so the cries immediately subsided as Noah caught a glimpse of his mother walking in the room and turning the white noise machine off.

"Hi baby." She said smiling and walking over to the crib where her son was sitting up in his crib surrounded by a blanket or two and a stuffed Elmo and a teddy bear.

"Dada dada dada." He babbled as Lydia pushed the side of the crib down to get him easier and grabbed his pacifier that he had evidently spit out and rolled her eyes.

"No, I'm Mama, say Mama." Lydia encouraged as she picked him up and kissed his cheek as she walked over to the changing table and changed his diaper.

"Dada dada dada." Lydia rolled her eyes as she picked Noah up again and threw the dirty diaper away just as she heard the front door open downstairs.

"Daddy!" Cassidy squealed as Stiles walked into the living room, she was already in his arms talking his ear off about every mundane detail of her day. He set her down on the couch as Lydia came from behind him.

"Hey." Lydia said, making him jump slightly, he turned around and kissed her softly on the lips before taking Noah from her arms and kissed his forehead.

"Hey."

"Dada dada dada." Noah smiled.

"How was your day?" Lydia asked as the two of them sat down on the couch next to Cassidy.

"Good it was good? Did you tell her yet?" Stiles asked gesturing towards Cassidy.

"No not yet, I thought we were going to tell her at dinner."

"Oh right."

"Tell who what?" Cassidy asked standing up on the couch leaning against Stiles' shoulder, her face next to his; sometimes she had personal space issues.

"Nothing, don't worry about it. Why don't you read that story to Daddy before we go get dinner?" Lydia said distracting her daughter.

"Okay! Do you want to listen to me read?" Cassidy asked Stiles.

"Of course I do." He said as he bounced Noah in his lap before handing him back to Lydia. She got up from the couch and sat down on the floor and placed him next to her, giving him one of the many toys that littered their child friendly living room floor.

"Cassidy that was so good! I'm so proud of you." Stiles said as he pulled his daughter up on his lap and kissed her on the cheek.

"Thanks Daddy." She smiled as she looked through the book, feeling a little proud of herself.

"Seriously that was so good, pretty soon you'll be reading lots of books and you're going to be so smart." Lydia's heart melted a bit, listening to the conversation. He was so good with her. Listening to him tell their daughter how smart she was, reminded Lydia of the winter formal and all of the other times he made her feel comfortable to use her intelligence. He always let her feel comfortable about being of above average intelligence (like genius level) and he was glad he was doing the same thing for their kids. She loved that he was so proud of them, and even of her.

"Well you and Mommy helped me." She told him.

"Mommy is super smart isn't she?" Lydia rolled her eyes and smiled softly, it was always good to hear that people still recognized her intelligence.

"Mhm."

"Stiles, oh my gosh get out your phone and film Noah!" Lydia squealed as she noticed that Noah was on the crawling position and was eyeing a toy that had rolled away from him. He was eight and a half months old and for the past two weeks he had been doing this but this time she knew he was going to do it.

"Okay, okay I got it!" He said as he moved Cassidy out of his lap and fumbled around and fished his iPhone out of his pocket, turning on the video recorder.

"Come on Noah, come to Mommy." Lydia cooed as she held out teething toy he had been inching towards. Once he heard Lydia's voice saying his name he had the biggest smile on his face and he started coming towards her. "Noah, come on, come here." He eventually crawled over to her smiling even bigger when Lydia gave him a tight squeeze and multiple kisses. "Yay! Noah good job!"

"Good job Noah." Cassidy said smiling as she gave her little brother a kiss on the cheek. "He likes you a lot Mommy."

"Of course he does, he's just like his Daddy." She said standing up, Noah in her arms, walking to where Stiles was standing. "You still like me a lot right?" Lydia asked her husband so their faces were a few inches or so apart, she could see him blushing, she still made his knees weak.

"You could say that." He breathed; she smirked as she leaned in giving him a lingering kiss that made her decide that she needed a night alone with her husband very soon.

"Good." She smiled as she pulled away, his lips still lightly puckered wanting more of course. "Who's ready for dinner?" Lydia asked as she put Noah back on the floor and headed to the kitchen to get Noah's diaper bag, stopping by the foyer to slip on a pair of strappy summery heals.

"Me!" Cassidy said as she ran to put her shoes on as Stiles went upstairs to change out of his work clothes. After they had everything together they went out for their weekly Friday dinner.

"So Daddy and I want to tell you something exciting." Lydia told her daughter who was shoving organic macaroni and cheese into her mouth, making a mess.

"What?" She asked mouth full.

"Don't talk until you're done chewing your food please." Lydia told her as she took a bite of her food as best she could with Noah sitting on her lap since he had been fussing in the high chair.

"Okay, what?" She asked after swallowing her food and after Stiles had wiped her face.

"Well were
going to take you to the beach with Scott and Allison, and their kids this week."

"Really?" She asked Stiles, eyes wide with excitement.

"Uh huh, were going to go swimming in the ocean and in the swimming pool and all kinds of other fun things." He said nodding his head.

"I can go in the ocean like Ariel! I can be a princess, I am so happy!" She squealed loudly, resulting in a shush from Lydia. But she loved seeing the look of pure excitement on her daughter's face.

"Are you excited?" Stiles asked her.

"So excited Daddy!" She said smiling as he pulled her in for a warm side hug, Lydia was excited too, the last time she had been to this beach was the time she and Stiles started dating. They had only been to the beach once since then, for their honeymoon and that was fun too. But she couldn't wait to experience all of the fun there was with her whole family and friends.

A/N: So kind of short but this means there will be some more beach chapters…eventually, not sure when but eventually! Hope you liked the fluff!