Remember When ↠ l.p.

Momma?

"Izzy," I'm stirred by a quiet voice and gently rubbing on my shoulder. "wake up please." I blink a few times and lift my head to find Tessie on her knees beside me.

"What time is it?" I slur the question a little, speaking around a loud yawn. I stretch my shoulders, I'm lying on the floor instead of my bed and it takes me a moment to realize that that I'm not in my bed. That it's not morning. And that I'm surrounded by a pile of fluffy animals.

"After dinner." Tessie replies cheerfully. "When me an uncle Lou got here you were taking a nap so we all went to eat at a Mexico place." she runs her hand up and down my arm, patting it at the top before drawing it down and then back up to pat it again. "But now we're back and uncle Lou said I should wake you up."

"You could have woken me up earlier, I would have loved to go out to dinner with you all. I wasn't that tired," I pause for a minute, glancing around the room and realizing that the process of going through Cailyn's favorite toys is only halfway finished. I swear we had gotten through more of it, but then I was having a dream about a very neat and tidy mansion with a robot butler and it's highly possible I dreamed of having Cailyn's room cleaned to perfection. "well maybe I was that tired." I admit, laughing with Tessie and reaching over to poke her side.

"Lynne said you fell asleep in the middle and she was tired of cleaning so she just left you. She said not to tell you so don't tell her what I said." she tries to wink, a skill she's been trying to master for days now. She saw Louis winking and became obsessed with learning how to do it herself. Both of the girls adore Louis (what child-or adult-wouldn't, let's be honest) and are constantly trying to impress him or mimic him. So far she's managed to pull one eye closed and the other eye open. She can do it so quickly that it almost works, but we've all ben encouraging her to try to do it without pulling or pushing on her eyelid. She's a quiet little girl, but when she's trying to wink and make it look authentic she goes far too quickly for me to feel safe with her little fingers pulling at her eyes. I'm afraid she'll pull something too hard or accidentally hit herself.

"Alright I won't tell her." I reassure Tessie and pull her hands away from her face. "I was getting tired of cleaning too. I think we did it all day. Except for eating. We didn't even have a nap time!" I frown. "I guess I took my nap time though." A thought hits me and I groan. If Cailyn hasn't had her nap this afternoon and she went out for dinner and god knows what Louis allowed them to eat...she must be in a mood right now. Energetic but slightly grumpy because she's tired. Oddly she also gets a strange desire to jump off of things when she's on some sort of a sugar high and she's about to come off of it.

"I had a little nap time. Uncle Lou made me take one when we stopped somewhere this one time." Tessie lifts Toby up from the pile of toys we're moving and frowns. "Is Toby going in the other room?" she asks, obviously a little confused by this.

"Yes, he is." I rub her back, now propped up against the bed and watching her. I haven't heard any crashes, screams, or any cries for help from Louis, so I'll hide out in here until absolutely necessary. Cailyn is a beast when she's in one of these moods. "It seems that Cailyn is ready to move on. She hasn't been playing with him as much I guess."

"That's sad." Tessie pouts adorably. I sigh, I'm so glad we're on the same page. Honestly Cailyn loved this toy so much, I thought she'd still have him on her bed during high school, tucked between two of the pillows or something. "We'll have to find Toby a special spot in the new room huh?"

"Yes! Good plan. I like it a lotta." She claps her head and sits Toby up next to me. She rocks back on her heels and clasps her hands together under her neck. "Beautiful and picture perfect!"

"A lot, honey, you mean a lot." I correct her gently.

"A lotta." She pats my head and waves a finger at me. "It's a lotta you know."

"I'm so glad to have you back with me." I pull her in for a hug and kiss the side of her head. "I missed having my other best girl with me." I adjust her on my lap so she's sitting comfortably and we can see each other. She takes my face in her hands and looks me straight in the eyes.

"I missed you too momma Izzy."

Cute pic of Lux & Lou on the side bc I can :D This is such a cute filler I wish I could write like this all the time lol