"Mine! It's Mine! Give
it back!"
"That is hers, Kennie, give it to her."
"No, don't have
to!"
"Yes you do, give that
back to Skyla it's hers."
"No I don't have
to!"
"
"You don't have to come
wake me up, I'm already up." I turned to the little girl, "Give that
back to Skyla right now Kenya Elsa." Making a face,
"Fine!" She snapped then sat right in the middle of the floor
and folded her arms for a minute and then threw herself into the floor, kicking,
screaming and rolling all over before she sat back up and started holding her
breath.
"Skyla, and Darlita,
come with me. We're going to let her have her little fit by herself.
"You need to put that
into a better place anyways Sky." She nodded and did as I asked.
"What happened?" I
asked my oldest.
"Kennie
came upstairs this morning and just took it from Skyla and started teasing her
with it. Sky asked her over and over to please give it back and she wouldn't do
it and took off with it keeping it and herself
away." Darlita explained. Then she told me that she had taken care of all
the babies for me while I slept. I thanked her then told her to go off and play
for awhile before I headed back to check and see what
"I'm real close to
giving you a spanking
"Mamma," I turned
to Timmy, his hand was behind his back. But he was grinning from ear to ear.
"I have something for
you," he pulled out a handful of the most beautiful flowers that I had
ever seen.
"Timmy, where'd....
How'd you-"
"I found them on the other
side of the rocks in my little secret place." I nodded.
"Thank you so
much," I said, kidding his cheek before taking them and placing them into
a glass that had a little water in it.
"You want something to
eat Son?"
"I ate this morning, got
some cold stuff."
"How
about fruit? Did you eat that
yet?"
"No, but I will later, I
didn't want any."
"Alright, you'll have to
have some at dinner then." I told him before he turned and ran back down
the hill. I had to laugh; these kids are certainly their own characters. Not
one day was ever dull something; was always happening.
I looked down as I felt a tug
on my pant leg; Bliss was pulling herself up. I grinned as I reached down and
picked her up kissing her cheek as I pulled her to me, grinning back; she tried
sharing her pacifier with me. I had almost forgotten that she was teething
again. She doesn't fuss like she use to.
I took it thanked her, pretended to use it then handed it back. She
repeated it several times, getting a kick out of it. I played with her for
another good fifteen minutes before she decided she wanted down. That’s when I turned and saw through the window Skyla starting to
climb into the bull's pin.
"Stay here, with the babies,”
I told
"Skylay
Videl! What are you doing?! Get out of that pin! You know better than
that!" I yelled, as I grabbed her just as she swung her leg around the
fence.
"You know that he'll
kill you if you get in there!" I scolded. "I've told you that over a
thousand times, not to go in there, in fact you kids aren't even permitted
anywhere near him!" I scolded again, before taking her arm and dragging
her into the barn.
"Mamma, please
don't," She cried out as we headed inside.
A bit later, I held Skyla to
me.
"I'm sorry Sunshine, but
I couldn't bear it if something happened to any of you kids, and that bull is
very dangerous." I told her gently as she let a sniffle out.
"I never want to punish
you like I just did again. But it will if you EVER go near him again.
Understand?" Skyla nodded.
"Good. I want you to go
inside and go to bed for a little while." I told her, standing up myself.
"But Mamma" Skyla
whined.
"Skyla Videl, you just got yourself in a lot of trouble, please
don't argue with me." Not giving her another chance, I grabbed hold of her
and towed her inside.
"Now get upstairs!"
I spoke firmly, adding a sharp swat to her already sore backside to get her
moving. She looked at me then headed up the ladder. I walked into my own room
where the twins were. Scarlet's eyes met mine as I
headed over to my bed. I stopped and picked her up.
"Hey pretty girl."
I held her so she and I could look at each other better. That’s when I got an
idea. I thought it would be a good time to start. I took her into the kitchen
set her into her little seat that I had put onto the table.
I fixed her a little bit of a
warm applesauce that I had made sure was extra fine. She seemed to be a little
shocked at it.
"You like that,
Scarlet?" She smiled at me as I started to give her more. Every time I
would give her more, that baby would kick her legs as hard as she could. That
was my sure sign that she liked it. I noted that Bliss had come into the room
as well. She had pulled herself up using my lap again.
"Would you like some of
this too, Bliss" I picked her up put her into her seat and got Bliss her
own jar. It was made more for her age then started feeding her as well. That’s
when I heard Rei's cry. I started to get up; I called
to
I was amazed with myself I
had managed to feed three babies at the same time pretty much. I didn't know
that I could do that. Looking out, I noted it was getting late and that the
other children would be starting in soon, so I started to get dinner ready. I
called to Skyla who was still upstairs, as she was coming in Timmy, and Shanda
had come in. Everything was sitting on the table when I noted that Darlita
hadn't come back yet.
"Where's Darcy?" I
asked. Shanda surprised me with a squeal and pointed in the direction of the
lake. Something was wrong; Darcy was never late for anything. “Go ahead and
eat, stay inside if any of you go outside while I'm gone, you will be in more
trouble then you can imagine." I warned as I headed out.
"Darlita
Rose, why in the world didn't you come home yet?" I asked sternly; looking into her face, I regretted
it.
"Mamma," I could
have kicked myself when she told me what was going on. I knew it was coming,
but thought I had time before hand. I forgot she was old enough for that to
happen.
"Come with me, we'll
talk about it more tonight after the others go to bed." I told her after
talking to her a bit about it.
"I'll answer anything
you want to know." She nodded then took my hand as we walked home.