Terrible Twos -Black Family-

[Lucy Christos]

October 30. Already Lucy was amazed at the passage of time as she had been last time this year. Her son, her little warrior, was turning two today. She was having the family over of course and had spent the day actually cooking. Pol had watched into the kitchen, surprised. She'd chased him out with a wooden spoon and put him on kid duty. A task he never was opposed to. Really, the two of them had grown up a lot in these last years- Not that they'd really admit it.

"Mam?" Kayden came in the kitchen and raised her arms. "Hugs?"

Lucy scooped up her son and hugged him tightly, breathing in his sweet smell. "Hello, my Kays." She murmured against his soft skin. "Happy birthday."

[*Gem*]

Pol was sat with Bets, they'd all been playng lego bricks, until Kayden trashed their lego city with his spoon and run off to see Lucy- probably to get into his good books or something. "KAYDEN!" Pol yelled.

"Ba ba ba ba!" Bets chanted, calling her brother back.

[Bails]

Lucy carried Kayden back into the room, seeing the disaster. She covered her mouth to hide a bit of a giggle. "Kayden did you do that?"

"Nope."

"Then who did?"

"Spoon!" He grinned, cuddling to his Mam.

[*Gem*]

"I'll give you bloody spoon!" Pol laughed, grabbing the bloody thing and hitting the tot playfully over the head with it.

[Bails]

He pouted, "No hit! Hit bad." Kayden had learned the lesson at daycare after he and Pan had tussled and Grandmere Sere put them in the corner.

[*Gem*]

Pol caught his feet and pretended to eat them, laughing still. "Yes sir."

[Bails]

He squeeled and launched himself into Apollo's free arm, dangling from around his dad's neck. Lucy grabbed Bets, letting Pol deal with their unruly son.

[*Gem*]

With his attention all for the birthday boy Pol dangled him upside down, swining him about before pulling him back up into his arms and blowing a raspberry on his cheeks and neck and belly.