"Wow, the tree looks awesome, but did you buy it, or just steal it like the Grinch?" Sneaker asked her dad, as she'd gotten back from being with her cousins goofing around in the snow.
"He bought it off a tree lot, with my help, little thief." Nadya replied, to her making Sneaker guess that her dad had wanted to steal it but Nadya had convinced him to buy it p,us had an idea since relatives were sending them fruitcake plus was letting the chubby female tadpole eat it.
"Of course I can get rid of the fruitcake, I am number one at eating, remember?" Sneaker said to them.
Constantine nodded seeing her eating up, which was making her chubby belly pretty happy, which was still growing with her being a tadpole which made her look afterwards, making Constantine and Nadya giggle at this plus Constantine was gaining holiday weight along with Nadya which Sneaker found awesome.
"Yeah, your dad's getting a holiday belly, which is very cute, just like you being chubby, plus I'm getting one too." Nadya told her.
They were ordering in plus was decorating the tree after dinner making Sneaker excited, since she and her cousins had decorated the tree at the studio so Constantine chuckled at her excitement along with Nadya knowing the holidays were very magical and was knowing it was their first Christmas together as a family, hoping Sneaker was adjusting to this.
Sneaker was getting into her pyjamas, but was playing with her stuffed frog, Baba and other toys in her room hoping the holidays would go well and that Santa would bring her what she asked for this Christmas.
She was hoping that Santa would bring her dad jewels, plus he had told her about being in gulag where he had no bathroom in his cell and had wanted a microwave which had made Nadya roll her eyes at that, knowing that him and a microwave in his cell was not a good mix.
"Kade's dad was in gulag a lot, but escaped, just like dad." Sneaker pointed out.
"That was different, Sneaker, her dad told me about that." Constantine replied.
He saw that his friends from gulag were on Skype asking him to help, with a certain holiday letter, nodding making Sneaker know what letter her uncle's were talking about, keeping it a secret from Nadya knowing her dad would be up pretty late like her, but not heisting which made her happy, hearing Kade here, hugging her seeing her curious about thevSnow giving Sneaker an idea.
"I forgot, you've never played in snow before, so now's the perfect time." she said putting on her hooded cloak that was warm inside for Winter, putting the hood up, so her ears would not get cold, because they were itchy again, so going outside grinning like her dad making a snowball in her hands, throwing it at Kade.
"Bring it on bad frog, hehe!" Kade giggled making more, copying Sneaker.
They were having a blast throwing snowballs, plus building snow stuff and making snow angels not realising how cold it was this late at night making Sneaker not that worried, because she was used to it like her dad being from Siberia sneezing which was making Kade giggle because it was funny, unaware Constantine was watching and hearing them.
"You two get your butts inside, as you're going to freeze out here!" he said, seeing Sneaker sigh as she and Kade went inside, plus Sneaker was still sneezing, making Constantine on alert, guessing she was catching a cold seeing them go to Sneaker's room after having cocoa, but would check on Sneaker later.
"Isn't your dad normally out heisting by now, why is he here?" Kade asked Sneaker.
"He's doing something for my uncles, the ones that are in gulag." Sneaker replied
Later that morning after waking up, Sneaker was not feeling so hot, and very dosed up with a cold, remembering the winter fair was in town because she and her cousins had been planning to go, but now she had caught a cold from playing in the snow with Kade thinkijg she could hide it from her dad and Nadya, knowing that would not work.
She was putting on her hooded cloak like normal, but trying to act like she was alright, making Constantine amused by this, feeling her forehead after pushing some of her lime green hair away, frowning knowing for certain, she had a bad cold and if he let her go outside like that, she could get worse or make her cousins sick.
"Fine, but we were planning to go, and a stupid cold ruins it!" Sneaker said coughing, going upstairs to her room makijg Constantine sigh, especially hearing the doorbell ring later, seeijg Sneaker's cousins there.
"She caught a bad cold last night, so she isn't going anywhere." he told them seeijg them leave making Nadyasigh.
She knew that Sneakerlike her husband hated being sick or stuck in bed, when fun things were going on, knowing that Sneaker's cousins were surprised that she was dosed up, going to check on Sneaker seeijg she had been sleeping, which was good, letting her be.
"She's sleeping, but she probably heard what you told her friends, but you are very protective of her, eh?" Nadya said, seeing Constantine nod drinking hot chocolate.
"More than you can know, especially if we have another kid, in the family." he replied.
"Don't joke about that, Constant, just in case." Nadya replied to him.
Later he was checking on Sneaker, seeing she was still dosed up, and a little mad at him, for making her stay in bed, when she wanted to hang out with her cousins, especially Jareth, making Constantine sigh, plus he had to post that letter telling her that he cared about her, so her being sick was not a good thing, making her get it, seeing him leave.