Carrot Cake woke up next to his beautiful wife and smiled. Every morning it took his breath away all over again how beautiful she was. As she slept beside him he thought back over their years together. She was his best friend and he knew that she would always be his special somepony. He decided then and there that he would do something special for her today.
Letting her sleep a little longer, Carrot Cake slipped out of bed and went to check on their twins. Pumpkin was sweetly asleep in her bed when Carrot Cake entered the nursery. Pound was fluttering over his bed with his little wings, however. With a gleeful giggle, the little colt sank down to land on Carrot Cake's back. The tall pony smiled back at his little son.
"Come on, buddy," he said softly, "let's let the girls sleep while we make some breakfast."
They made their way down to the kitchen quietly. Carrot Cake set Pound Cake in his raised seat and set to getting some breakfast ready for the family.
Forty-five minutes later Cup Cake and Pumpkin came down to find a mess being cleaned up in the kitchen and a pile of cooling breakfast muffins waiting on the small kitchen table. Pound was already covered in muffin crumbs. Carrot kissed his beautiful wife and got Pumpkin seated in her seat with her own plate of muffins.
"We're going to be shorthooved today," Cup Cake said between bites. "It's market day, too."
"What if I invited Peppermint Twist to come help us?" Carrot suggested. "She loves helping and that candy she makes sells really well. I'm sure that my sister would be happy to let her come help us."
"That's a wonderful idea," she agreed. "It's too early now, but later this morning you should go over and ask."
"I will," he replied with a smile. The errand would let him get the surprise he had in mind for Cup as well.