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Do we have to go home?
Can Skye come home with us?
Where is Laila?
Where is Beth?
What are you doing, daddy?
Can we have breakfast?
Do we have any donuts?
Can we go skiing? Wait, I don’t want to go skiing.
Can we build a snowman?
Can we watchFrozenagain?
Do you want to build a snowman?
“Cora, sweetheart, Daddy needs a few minutes of quiet before I get up, okay?”
“Okay, Daddy. I’ll sing quietly.”
I loved this child dearly, but singing quietly was not going to solve the problem.
“Cora, I need you to go find Laila, and then get some breakfast. I will be down in a few minutes.”
“Laila told me to leave her alone.”
“She did? Why did she say that?”
Cora shrugged her tiny shoulders and blinked her big green eyes at me. She would be a whole lot easier to resist if she weren’t so adorable.
“Alright, baby, let’s go find something to eat.”
“Yay!” she squealed as she scurried from the room.
I heard her footsteps thump down the stairs, somehow unbelievably loud for such a small girl. I struggled to roll myself out of bed, but I finally did it and made my way down the stairs to find Cora already helping herself to the pastries Beth had laid out.
I had only gotten a few sips of coffee in before Cora had her coat on, ready to go outside for more winter fun. Despite my exhaustion, I pulled my coat and boots on, and followed her outside.
When we madeour way to the spot Cora had deemed the perfect place for her family of snow people, it wasn’t long before we were joined by Luke, Taylor, Greg, and all of the kids. Laila eventually staggered her way outside, too, and it became a gathering of an outrageous amount of kids for a group of four dads to handle.
Fortunately, Penelope was quite the little leader, and gave each child a job to do. They quickly formed an assembly line, and their army of snowmen was underway in no time. I leaned up against a tree and closed my eyes for a brief moment before I heard footsteps in the snow coming towards me. I peered open one eye and saw Luke and Taylor standing above me with knowing smiles on their faces.
“Someone had a good night last night,” Luke said with a grin.
“Me? You guys were the ones just starting the party when I was going to bed. I’m surprised you’re not, like, insanely hung-over.”
“We may be getting old, but we can still hold our liquor,” Taylor laughed.
Luke nodded his agreement, and then their attention was back on me.
“But, seriously, what’s going on with you and my sister?”
“What do you mean?”
