Galaxy Fam

Sibling Sleepovers

The six year old boy was tired of trying to sleep and wanted to eat some snacks, so he knew what he wanted to do.
Seren had learned how to lower the bars on Riley's crib, and now he needed to use that in order to free his partner in crime from baby prison. He ran from his room and into Riley's in a very quiet fashion. His slippers only making small sliding noises like slippers do. Once he entered the room, he poked Riley through the bars. The boy turned off the baby monitor as a precaution. "Hey Riley. Get up!"
The toddler awoke with a jolt, looking at the perpetrator who dare awake her from her precious slumber. Once she saw who it was, she smiled. "WEN!" She shouted, but she was shushed by the six year old. "Shh. We have to be quiet."
"Oh! Oday. Why?" She asked.
" because we're getting snacks so we can watch Bluey in my room, silly. We have to play  super secret spies in order to get from the kitchen and back without waking the parental order."
"Mommy and daddy?" She asked in response to his words.
The boy nodded.
Although he struggled a bit, he got his sister down from the crib.

Riley grabbed her blanket and Bluey and the two were off on an adventure in the night

Stage one was to make it past the parent's room which was easy. Hunter was sleeping with their parents due to severe nightmares lately so he wasn't gonna be an issue. But the real issue lay ahead of the duo: Cyrus.

According to Seren, The oldest kid of the family was a rule breaker and tattletale. In reality the oldest child was trying to protect the younger ones from getting into trouble, but of course being a six year old, Seren didn't see it that way. The 18-year-old was known to patrol the hallways when he could or when he wanted to get a midnight snack. Seren peeked inside of his older brother's bedroom, seeing him sound asleep. This coast was definitely clear.

The two younger ones made it to the kitchen finally and Seren climbed onto the counter, grabbing cookies, potato chips, peanut butter for some odd reason.  Riley of course went for the graham crackers and apple juice boxes. Now the toddler and the kindergartener had to make it back.
The partners in crime made it to the end point

The mission was successful!

The kids made a blanket fort in Seren's room, using his iPad as their tv screen.

It was an hour in to their little TV time when the room around the little ones got brighter, and even underneath the blanket fort, Seren could tell that the lights were on.

Cyrus peeked into their fort, startling the duo.

But they weren't busted. With a shy smile, the 18-year-old asked,
"May I join?"

Of course two was a team but three is a crowd, and more the merrier.

Riley and Seren scooted over so their older brother could sit in between them. Riley of course moved immediately to Cyrus' lap. The lights were out once again, allowing the glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling and the walls to glow.

The three of them laughed, ate snacks and told stories. Well Riley wasn't telling stories she was just babbling.

At least 45 minutes later is when the lights turned on again.

This time it was their mother who peeked into the fort. " I thought I heard some ruckus in here. It's 1 AM, go put the snacks away please and give me your sister."

Riley did not want to go back to bed.
She wasn't going back to bed.
And those were her PAW Patrol graham cracker snacks. They were hers and she clung to them with her life.
Cyrus knew what to do

" as an older brother, I say no. It's not just me who says no, it's the toddler laws who forbid such.. outlandish requests as to giving up such valuable items like snacks."
Night cocked an eyebrow, and Cyrus cleared his throat.

" as a two-year-old, Riley is entitled to the following laws

If I like it, it's mine.
If it's in my hand, it's mine.
If I can take it from you, it's mine.
If I had it a little while ago, it's mine.
If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way.
If I'm doing or building something, all the pieces are mine.
If it looks just like mine, it is mine. Therefore by taking the snacks away, you are breaking multiple laws and must be entitled to prison." Cyrus said.

Night just wanted to get her toddler to bed but now this was a whole load of bullshit brought on by her 18-year-old and six year-old who probably conspired this just for their sister. She admired the effort, though.

"Mama, what's going on?" There was a slight yawn after those words were said, and the mother turned around revealing her son Hunter.

"Go back to bed, my sweet little prince." She said.
" mama broke the toddler property laws, Hunt." Said Cyrus.
Hunter was not in the mood for this. With his stuffed fox in his hand, he allowed his mother to pick him up and she held him with ease, planting a small kiss on his forehead. This made the two year-old absolutely jealous. She started making a grab gestured towards her mother and Hunter was released from his mother's grip and Night grabbed her baby. " looks like you're sleeping with mommy and daddy again, huh?"

Hunter made the decision to stay with his brothers for the rest of the night. Once their mother was gone,  The three of them stayed up, watching movies, playing games and genuinely just enjoying each other's company. It was worth it. They didn't want to enjoy the experience without Riley, but she was far too young to be up this late anyway. So was Seren but he was much older than Riley and could handle this.

Seren and his brothers were not going to finish this experience without his sister. So Seren stormed right into the parents room as both of his parents were trying to get the toddler to sleep. He picked her up and ran off.

Both parents just sat there in silence. Now the boys were going to have to deal with a sleep deprived toddler.

A few hours into their movie night, Riley began to throw a tantrum out of nowhere, crying, screaming, even throwing her snack. Hunter was confused but so were the other two boys. Cyrus sighed, grabbing the thrashing child. "MAMA, YOUR UTERUS PRODUCT IS ACTING INSANE!" Yelled Cyrus as he stormed into the room.

Night rubbed her eyes, taking Riley from her oldest.
"The baby is tired, Cy. She's not insane."
Cyrus walked away, but Sunny stopped him.
"Get Seren to bed too, Cyrus."

Riley's tantrum was one of the worst ones she's had. It took the parents an hour to get her to sleep, and Night sighed with relief. She placed the baby on Sunny, who flashed a smile.

The young mother peeked into the fort in Seren's room, revealing all three boys were asleep, cuddled into a small pile.
Night grabbed her husband who held the baby and showed him. Sunny placed Riley under Seren's arm, and snapped a photo.

Their kids.
Their stars
Their whole galaxy

Lay sleeping right in front of them

NightBear15