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Not the food. Chris, Genna and Frieda had that under control.
Aunt Suzy was in charge of the cleaning crew who would clean up after the Christmas Eve party. We couldn’t have the kids running through the aftermath of what was going to be a wild and depraved party.
There were other things I wanted to do.
Like getting a Christmas tree and decorating the clubhouse. I’ve ordered two trees and they were being delivered tomorrow. One for inside the clubhouse and one for the entertainment area at the back of the clubhouse where we would be handing out presents and having lunch.
I was going to need a team to help decorate the inside and outside of the clubhouse. On Christmas morning I was going to need the girls to help set up the tables outside and decorate them.
Hawk had given his permission but wasn’t sure the brothers were going to like it. They were used to partying hard the night before, crawl out of bed the next day to have lunch and carry on partying.
What he forgets is that in the past there were never any kids around. There were twenty three little people at the club at the moment, and as more of the brothers claimed old ladies it was a given that the number would be increasing.
Today was Friday, a week before Christmas Eve and we haven’t decorated yet.
I had planned to have it done by now but I haven’t been able to go shopping because my work schedule was insane. I was trying to get as much as possible done because I wanted to take some time off in the new year.
It was late to shop for decorations, I know, but it had been a spur of the moment idea. To celebrate Christmas at the clubhouse. Not just the usual lunch before the brothers once again started to party.
I wanted it to be special.
For the twenty three kids, and for us, I wanted us to celebrate Christmas as a family.
I’ve never had a proper Christmas before so I was totally relying on River. She grew up in a normal home where Christmas was celebrated with all the trimmings.
Unlike me.
I grew up with Christmas at a clubhouse with no decorations and no fanfare. My dad used to give me my presents on Christmas Eve before he left for the club party and on Christmas day we had a braai at the clubhouse. The most the brothers and their old ladies ever did was wear Christmas hats. The kids were always sent home early before the party got wild.
And that’s how I used to spend Christmas every year. Even as an adult.
I want it to be different for my kids and all the other club kids. I want it to be special. I want it to be a day to remember.
For everyone.
It meant River and I would be up at the crack of dawn and heading to the stores tomorrow. We were leaving the kids with Hawk and Ice, so it was ideal. We were making a day of it. Getting to the stores when their doors opened and leaving the last one as they closed.
The two of us felt sure we could get it done.
From decorations to presents we had one day to do it all.
Our lists would be our lifesavers.
My job tonight was to check that we had every single child who was a part of the club on our list. From babies to the older ones. We decided to include the kids who wouldn’t be with us on the day on the list as well. Therefore Kahn and Vash’s girls were on the list and so were Sludge and Maggie’s kids. Both brothers would be spending Christmas day with their extended families and not at the club.
As I checked the lists my boys were babbling to each other, constantly touching.
It was something I had noticed with River and Ice’s boys, Gabriel and Granger.
They were always making sure their twin was near.
My boys did the same.
I loved that they would always have each other. They would never be alone.
Turning my thoughts away from things that hurt and I couldn’t change I focused on the lists and selecting a team that would help us decorate.
The club girls were going to be busy, and not in the beds of the brothers. They were going to be decorating the common room.
