Chapter four
April (Payton's born, and typical day for the Halliwell's)
Piper, Phoebe and Paige were rushing around the house packing a big bag. Once the bag was packed, they ran to the car and Joined Prue and Andy in the car. Piper drive them to the hospital and Prue was brought to the delivery room. Piper, Phoebe and Paige waited in the waiting room, while Prue gave birth. Andy was with Prue of course.
The sister waited in the waiting room for five hours. Finally Andy approached them.
"Come meet you're new niece" Andy told them.
Piper, Phoebe and Paige followed Andy into the delivery room. Prue was in the bed holding a small baby wrapped in a pink blanket. Prue smiled and beckoned her sisters in.
"Hey, how are you feeling" Piper whispered.
"Tired, and happy the pains over, and that I have my little angel at last" Prue whispered.
"Hey, why don't one of you call the family, they can come see the baby now, we'll have a party for our friends this week" Prue said.
Paige nodded and left the room to call home. When the rest of the family arrived, Prue introduced her daughter. Leo assigned himself the task of filming.
"Hi guys, meet the newest Halliwell, this is Payton" Prue introduced holding up her daughter who was yawning.
"Payton, this is your family" Prue introduced.
Andy took Payton into his arms and introduced himself.
"Hi Payton, I'm your daddy. I might be busy at times, but you'll always have me wrapped around your finger."
After a few minutes, Piper took Payton into her arms.
"I'm your auntie Piper, the one who will keep a close eye on you and love you no matter what."
Piper smiled and handed Payton to Leo and took the camera from him in the process.
"I'm your uncle Leo."
Then after a few minutes, Phoebe took Payton into her arms.
"I'm your auntie Phoebe, the one who will let you get away with a lot, but don't tell your mommy" Phoebe said which made everyone laugh.
"I'm your uncle Coop, the one who will teach you about love when you're older. These are your cousins, P.J. and Parker" Coop said from beside Phoebe holding P.J. and Parker.
Then Paige took Payton into her arms.
"I'm your auntie Paige, the one who will probably spoil you senseless" Paige joked which made everyone laugh.
"And I'm your uncle Henry, and I know how to keep little ones in line, and this is your cousin Henry Jr." Henry said holding Henry.
"Hey Wyatt, Chris, Melinda, would you three like to hold the baby" Andy asked.
The kids nodded, so Andy had them sit on a little sofa in the room, and placed Payton on their laps.
"I'm your cousin Wyatt" Wyatt told Payton and kissed her cheek.
"I'm your cousin Chris" Chris told Payton and kissed her cheek too.
"And I'm your cousin Melinda" Melinda told Payton and copied her brothers kiss on the cheek.
"Tamora, Kat, would you two like to hold the baby" Andy asked.
Twins nodded excitedly and changed places with Wyatt Chris and Melinda. Once they were seated, Andy placed Payton on their laps.
"Hi, we're your twin cousins, I'm Tamora, and this is Kat, we can teach you how to cause trouble it's a lot of fun" Tamora told Payton.
"Let's not give her any ideas" Andy said which made everyone laugh.
The next day, the family went about their usual routine, Prue and the baby were home. Prue and Andy were up with Payton for the 90th time.
"What time is it" Prue asked as she fed Payton her bottle.
"Almost 6" Andy replied.
"Ok I give up on sleep, Payton had decided to start our day" Prue said tiredly.
At 6, Piper and Leo were awaken by their alarm clocks.
"Ok, do you want to wake the boys or Melinda" Piper asked tiredly.
"I'll take the boys, Melinda can be grouchy in the morning" Leo responded.
Leo orbed to the hallway outside the boys room on the fourth floor and knocked on their door, then opened it.
"Boys, time to get up and get up and breakfast" Leo said.
The boys tiredly crawled out of bed and orbed down to the kitchen with Leo. Meanwhile Piper had to take the long way up to the fourth floor to wake Melinda. In Melinda's room, Piper sat on the edge of her bed and gently shook her awake. When she woke up, Melinda orbed herself and Piper down to the kitchen, where Leo was already preparing breakfast.
Meanwhile Phoebe was taking care of 8 month old Parker, while Coop went to wake P.J.
"Alright sweetheart, mommy's going to change your diaper and then we can go and eat" Phoebe told Parker as she picked her up from her crib.
"I learned to dress you after feeding you" Phoebe added as she placed Parker on her changing table.
After changing her diaper, Phoebe told Parker to beam them down to the kitchen. Parker obeyed and beamed herself and Phoebe to the kitchen, where Leo had already made Parker's baby food. Meanwhile Coop was having a hard time getting P.J. up, which was nothing new.
"Come on P.J., you have pre-school to day" Coop reminded her.
Coop gave up and beamed them both down to the kitchen. Phoebe smiled and waved a bowl of lucky charms under P.J.'s nose which woke her up fast. Phoebe giggled and placed the bowl on the table in front of P.J. when Coop placed her in a chair. P.J. instantly started eating.
Meanwhile Henry got the twins up while Paige took care of baby Henry.
"Hi daddy" Kat said when Henry came into the twins room.
"Hi Kat, is your sister up" Henry asked.
Kat grabbed a stuff toy and threw it at her sister who sat up in alarm.
"She is now" Kat said and giggled.
Henry picked up the twins and carried them to the kitchen. After placing the twins in chairs at the table, Henry prepared their breakfast. In Henry Jr.'s room, Paige had just orbed in and found baby Henry standing up in his crib.
"Hey my big boy, you're getting heavy, I can't believe you're going to be two in two months" Paige said as she picked up Henry out of his crib.
Paige changed Henry's diaper and then orbed them both down to the kitchen, where adult Henry already had Paige and baby Henry's meal ready and waiting for them on the table. Paige placed Henry Jr. in his high chair then served him the bowl of dry cheerios, since he hated milk. Then Prue came into the kitchen looking exhausted.
"So you enjoying parenthood now" Piper teasingly asked Prue.
"Ha ha very funny, I'll get used to it" Prue replied.
After breakfast, it was time to get the kids and working adults ready for work or school. Since Leo had to go to magic school early, Prue helped Piper with her kids, while Andy had Payton.
Wyatt dressed himself in a brown shirt with a truck design on it, and a pair of jeans. Chris dressed himself in a blue and black striped T-shirt and black jeans which Prue had picked out for him. Piper dressed Melinda in a pink shirt that said mommy's little angel on it, and purple nylons with a jean skirt.
Afterwards Wyatt brushed his own hair and teeth. Prue helped Chris brush his hair and teeth. Piper brushed Melinda's hair which was still too short to tie in any way, then brushed her teeth.
Meanwhile Coop got P.J. ready for Pre-school while Phoebe got herself ready for her first day back to the office. Coop dressed P.J. in a light green dress with white nylons underneath. Phoebe dressed Parker in a cute jean dress with a white t-shirt underneath, with white nylons. Coop then brushed P.J.'s long brown hair and tied it into a ponytail. Phoebe combed the little Hair Parker finally had. Afterwards, Coop brushed P.J.'s teeth.
Meanwhile Paige dressed Tamora in a yellow shirt that said trouble's here on it, with black dress pants. Henry dressed Kat in a light purple shirt that said don't get fooled by my cuteness, I'm no angel on it, with light pink dress pants. Afterwards, Paige and Henry brushed the twin's hair, which was still too short to tie.
"Why did you have to cut your hair" Henry asked them
"We thought it would be fun" Tamora answered.
"Ok what does mommy tell you every day" Paige asked.
"Don't open our necklaces, or bad things will happen to one of us," the twins said together.
"That's right" Paige said.
At seven, Piper stood in front of the front door, with six school bags on the floor in front of her. The children joined her. After, Phoebe, Paige and Henry and left for work, Coop joined Piper and the children at the door.
"Ok now that the boys are taking the bus, I'll take them to the bus stop, Coop you take the girls to pre-school" Piper instructed.
Piper handed Wyatt and Chris their school bags, and walked them out the door. Coop collected the four other school bags and tied the girls in the van. At the bus stop, Piper waited for the bus with her sons.
"Ok the bus is coming, I love you both. I'll pick you up here after school" Piper said and hugged Wyatt and Chris.
The bus arrived and the doors opened. Wyatt and Chris followed the other children onto the bus and sat together in the first seat. They waved at Piper who waved back, until they were no longer in sight. Piper then made her way home.
At the pre-school, Coop walked in with the girls and approached Mrs. Grace at her desk.
"Hello Mr. Halliwell, sign here" Mrs. Grace said pointing to the clipboard.
"Ok girls, I want all of you to be good today" Coop told Melinda, the twins and P.J.
The girls nodded and headed towards some toys. Coop waved good bye and left the pre-school. Coop made sure the coast was clear then beamed back to the manor. At the manor Andy was changing Payton's diaper, while Prue had fallen asleep. Piper was watching Henry Jr. who was playing on the floor in the living room. Parker was napping in the play pen in the living room.
"Hey, do mind taking over while I do the housework" Piper asked Coop.
"Not at all" Coop said sitting down on the couch.
In the kitchen, Piper put the dirty dishes in the dishwasher, washed the table and pulled in the chairs. She didn't worry about the living room, and went straight to her room. Piper made her bed, took her dirty clothes from the hamper, and put them in a basket. Piper then got the dirty laundry out of Phoebe and Coop's room, and Paige and Henry's room.
Piper then went to the third floor and entered P.J.'s room. In P.J's room, Piper made her bed, put her toys away and added her dirty laundry to her basket. Piper then moved on to the twin's room, where she made their beds, put away their toys and collected their dirty laundry. Piper did this again in Henry Jr.'s room, Melinda's room, and the boy's room. She then knocked on Prue and Andy's open bedroom door.
"Any dirty laundry in here" Piper asked.
Andy nodded and allowed Piper to collect it.
Piper then went to basement and did the first load of laundry. It looked like it would take at least 6 loads to wash all the clothes she had collected. Piper then went back into the kitchen, unloaded the dishwasher and put the now clean dishes away.
In the living room, Coop beamed down all the diaper changing supplies and changed both Parker and Henry's diapers. Piper then got to relax, while Prue took care of vacuuming and mopping. When the laundry machine beeped, Prue took the clothes out, tossed them into dryer, and then started the dryer. She then put the second load of laundry in the washing machine and started the machine.
When the washing machine and dryer beeped again, Andy had joined Prue, Piper and Coop in the living room, baby Payton was napping in the play pen, while Parker and Henry were playing on the floor. Coop got up, went into the basement, took the first load out of the dryer, and beamed the first load to the living room, where Prue and Andy started folding the clothes. Coop then put the second load into the dryer, put the third load into the washing machine, and started the machines.
Piper then picked up the boys for lunch. Instead of taking them out during every recess, so they could play together, Piper and Leo decided to only pick them up at lunch, so they would socialize with other children during recess. For lunch Piper took them to burger king, and when they were done eating, Piper took them to the park, where the boys played a made up pretend dyno game.
"The dyno is coming, run as fast as you can" Wyatt screamed at Chris and they started running.
"He's too fast, we have to hide" Chris said.
"You're right, let's hide under the playground" Wyatt suggested.
Wyatt grabbed Chris's hand and they ran to the playground and hid underneath it.
"We'll be safe here" Wyatt said catching his breath.
"You know, charmed ones don't hide from anything, but they do go to school" Piper said beside the playground slide.
"It's time already' Wyatt asked taking his mom's hint.
"Yep, come on we better go fast before the dyno finds us" Piper said playing along.
Piper and the boys ran to the car and got inside where it was safe. Piper then drove the boys back to school.
Back at the manor, Coop was making lunch, while Andy and Prue were just finishing folding the second load of laundry. Piper collected her and Leo's folded clothes and put them in a basket. She then went to her room and put the clothes away in the dresser or closet. Then Piper went back down stairs, put Phoebe and coop's clean laundry in the basket, went to Phoebe and Coop's room, and put their clothes away.
Piper went back to the living room for the third time, put Paige and Henry's clean clothes in the basket, went to Paige and Henry's room, and put their clothes away. Again, Piper went to the living room and collected P.J's clothes and went to P.J.'s room to put them away.
In P.J's room, Piper put P.J's socks, undies, pajamas, pants, shorts and skirts away in her dresser. Then Piper unfolded P.J's shirts and dresses and hung them up in P.J's closet. After Piper went back to the living room, and collected Baby Henry's clothes which had just been folded, and went to his room to put them away.
Meanwhile, Andy orbed down to the basement and took the third load of laundry (Which was just the twin's clothes) out of the dryer and put them in the basket. Then after putting the fourth load of laundry (which was Wyatt and Chris's clothes) in the dryer, and putting the fifth load of laundry (which was Melinda, Prue and Andy's clothes) in the washing machine, Andy orbed himself and the basket of clean clothes to the living room.
Coop then came into the living room just as Piper came in.
"Lunch is ready" Coop informed them.
Coop picked up Parker and carried her into the kitchen, Piper picked up Henry Jr and carried him into the kitchen. In the kitchen, Coop placed Parker in her high chair, and Piper placed Henry in his high chair. Prue came in and served everyone the spaghetti. Andy sat down at the table with Payton and fed her while eating his meal.
After supper Andy washed the dishes. Coop and Piper started folding the twin's clothes, Prue kept an eye on the babies while waiting for Coop and Piper to finishing folding the laundry. Once they were finished, Prue put the folded clothes in the basket and went to the twin's room to put them away. The adults then had a break, after changing the babies' diapers.
Then at three, Piper went to pick up the boys at the bus stop. Leo, Phoebe and Henry had gotten home. Paige picked up the girls from pre-school on her way home. At the bus stop, Piper smiled as the boys got off and hugged her. On the way home, Wyatt and Chris told Piper about their day.
Paige arrived at the pre-school and approached Mrs. Grace.
"Hello Mrs. Matthews, Melinda, Tamora, Kat, P.J. it's time to go home" Mrs. Graces called out.
"How did they behave today" Paige asked.
"Well there was a few problems, but they were much better than usual" Mrs. Grace informed.
Paige hugged the girls and signed them out. Paige then drove them home. At the manor, Henry and Phoebe were folding Wyatt and Chris's clothes. Paige then put their clothes away, once she got home.
During the next two hours, homework was done, the children were playing, and the rest of the laundry was cleaned and put away. At five Piper began cooking supper, while the children were allowed to watch some cartoons. At five thirty the family ate supper.
After supper it was bath time.
"Ok Wyatt, you're in bathroom 1, Chris you're in bathroom 2, Melinda in you're in bathroom 3" Piper ordered.
Wyatt could bathe himself, but Leo had to bathe Chris, and Piper had to bathe Melinda. After their baths, Wyatt dressed himself in red Spiderman pajamas, Chris dressed himself in blue superman pajamas, and Piper dressed Melinda in pink care bear pajamas. Then Phoebe bathed P.J., Paige bathed Kat and Henry bathed Tamora.
Once they were done their baths, Phoebe dressed P.J. in blue my little pony pajamas, Paige dressed Kat in a green night gown that had a bear sleeping on a cloud design, and Henry dressed Tamora in a blue night gown that had a unicorn on it. Coop dressed Parker in a pink Winnie the pooh night gown, Prue dressed Payton in Barney Pajamas, and Paige dressed Henry Jr in cookie monster pajamas.
At seven, it was time to put the children to bed. Once they were in bed, Prue and Andy went straight to sleep, but the other adults stayed up and talked as usual. They were tired when they finally went to bed too. It had been the usual long day.