FIVE YEARS LATER
"Show me your eyes?" Evan asked Sienna. Sienna pouted for a while and then she pointed to her eyes.
"Good Job." Ethan commended with a loud clap.
"Show me your belly?" Evan asked again and Sienna raised her pyjamas shirt to show her elder brothers her belly.
"Good job." Evan commended.
"Sissy is a genius." Ethan teased and tickled Sienna's belly which made her giggle loudly.
"Show me your chin?" Ethan asked and Sienna looked lost but eventually pointed to her elbow.
"No Sissy, This is your chin okay." Evan corrected, showing Sienna her chin and she nodded.
"Okay Sissy, last question. Show me your nose." Ethan asked.
The little one-year-old happily pointed to her nose and her elder brothers cheered.
"Mommy, Sienna should come to school with us next time." Ethan Suggested.
"Yes mommy, that way she won't cry whenever we are going to school because we will be going together" Evan added.
"I think Sienna is still small to start school sweetheart," Annie replied as she stood in front of the mirror in her room and applied her night facial routine. "She will start school when she's two"
"But Zoe is one and Zoe is in daycare. Sienna can come to daycare too. She's smart." Ethan challenged and Annie sighed. He was always the strong-headed one; he does not take NO for an answer.
"Okay baby. I'll discuss it with your Daddy when he comes."
"Sienna." Annie groaned as she walked towards her babies who were playing on the carpet in her room.
"I told you not to put those heels on again, at least not tonight." Annie sounded kind of frustrated but Sienna smiled at her mom in return. She ran into her mom's closet when her mom was in the bathroom and had put on her red heels.
"I think she loves them, mommy. Maybe you should buy a smaller one for her." Evan suggested.
"She can't wear heels now. She's still a baby."
"Come here Sisi." Annie gestured for her daughter to come closer to her and Sienna obeyed. She took a seat on the carpet rug where the boys were seated and placed Sisi on her lap. Then she began to do her hair. Sienna refused to remove her mom's heels so they were still hanging loosely around her small feet.
Motherhood was Annie's greatest achievement. She would look at her babies' every day and bless God for blessing her with an adorable set of humans. Ethan and Evan were three Years old when Sienna was given birth to. They were so happy when their younger sister was brought to the world. They are so protective of her and want to play with her all the time.
Sienna was born on Eric's birthday. That made Eric love her even more and no doubt she has her little fingers wrapped around her Dad.
Annie was a week late when she was pregnant with Sienna and Sienna decided to come out on her Dad's birthday, giving him the best present ever.
She thought Ethan and Evan were spoiled rotten but Sienna was even more spoiled by her Family.
Her children loved going to their grandparents' house because they knew that was the only place they wouldn't get a No for an answer. They stay awake past their bedtime and get to eat as many cookies and sweets as they wanted.
"So do you guys want to tell me who Zoe is?" Annie asked her boys.
"Zoe is Annabel's little sister," Evan answered.
"Annabel is in our class. She's five and she likes me." Ethan said proudly.
"She likes me too." Evan chipped in.
Before they could go further into their conversation, Eric walked into the bedroom.
"Daddy!!" The kids chorused happily as they ran to hug their Daddy.
Sienna stood up from her mom's lap and walked as fast as her leg could carry her in her mother's heels to go join the group hug.
Eric, who just came back from work, squatted to his children's height and gave them all a hug and a kiss on their forehead.
"We miss you, Daddy," Evan said.
"Yes, Daddy, We were waiting for you to come read us a bedtime story" Ethan announced.
"Sorry buddies. Daddy was busy at work but I'm here now and I'll read you guys your bedtime story."
Sienna insisted Eric carry her and he did just that. He chuckled as he saw she was putting on her mom's heels.
"She wouldn't stay away from my heels," Annie said as she approached her husband.
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