Lucy's POV:
I woke up 15 minutes earlier than my alarm. I gently got out of bed making sure not to wake Ellie up, who was fast asleep between myself and Keira. We had both given up on her sleeping in her own bed, especially with her nightmares recently. I walked around to Keira's side of the bed and gently shook her awake. "Do you want to help with the presents or you can stay in bed ?", I whispered. "I'll get up", Keira whispered back, looking up at me, before grabbing my hand for me to pull her up. We went around the room and Keira turned off my alarm, so that it wouldn't wake the girls. I grabbed Ellie's presents from their hidden spot and lay them out on the table. Keira went to get ready, while I set everything up. Once Keira was ready, I took my turn in the bathroom. Once we were both ready we sat down either side of Ellie who had spread out like a starfish in our bed. "She's getting too comfortable in our bed", I whispered with a grin. Keira chuckled lightly, before leaning down and gently patting Ellie from her deep slumber. "Wake up baby, it's your birthday", Keira whispered to Ellie. Ellie rolled over and nestled her head into my lap, essentially ignoring Keira. I chuckled gently and then picked Ellie up and turned her around in my lap. Ellie tried to cuddle back into my chest, but I rubbed my thumb up and down her cheek, which woke her up. Keira leaned down and whispered "Happy Birthday baby girl", pressing a kiss to Ellie's cheek. Ellie giggled and reached out to Keira. Before I passed her over I leaned down and pressed a kiss to Ellie's forehead, whispering "me and mama love you so much Ellie, happy birthday baby". Keira took Ellie out of my arms, while I got up and woke Charlie up, who for once actually got up when I woke her up. Once Charlie was ready, which was surprisingly quick, she raced over to Ellie and jumped on the bed next to Keira. "Happy birthday Ellie !!", Charlie screeched. Keira slightly jumped at the level of noise at 8am in the morning. Ellie giggled at Charlie and clapped her hands, clearly matching Charlie's excitement for the day ahead. "Do you want to open some of your presents Ellie ?", I asked walking over to the table to pick up some of Ellie's presents before walking over to the bed. Charlie was nodding her head, which encouraged Ellie to clap her hands in anticipation. I handed Keira one of the wrapped presents, and she held it out in front of Ellie, who looked at it curiously. "Open it Ellie", Charlie encouraged her sister. Ellie just looked at Charlie, Keira and I confused on how to open the present in front of her. "You might need to help her Charlie", Keira glanced over at Charlie, who was more than happy to see what the present was too. Charlie ripped off the wrapping paper, revealing a soft cuddly toy. Ellie reached for the toy, and wrapped her arms around it, hugging it tightly. "Do you like it Ellie ?", I asked. Ellie vigorously nodded her head as a reply. "Look what it has on it", Keira tugged on the toy gently. Ellie let go of the toy, and Keira held it out showing it to Charlie who exclaimed "it's Narla, with a Barca shirt". Ellie giggled, reaching back out for the toy. I held out another present, and with Charlie's help again, it was opened revealing an envelope. Charlie and Ellie looked at it curiously. "Open it", I encouraged them. Charlie carefully opened the envelope and held it out to Keira "you read it, so Ellie can hear". Keira took the envelope from Charlie and held it out in front of her to read it. "Charlie and Ellie, we would like to invite you to be your mums' mascots in todays UEFA Euros final vs Germany", Keira read aloud. Charlie cheered and leaped over to me. I gave her a massive hug and watched as Keira leaned down to Ellie, clearly trying to explain what it all meant. I looked at the time and said "we better get going to breakfast, or we'll miss it". Keira stood up with Ellie in her arms, still clutching her cuddly toy of Narla close to her chest. I opened the door, steering the 3 of them to head out, before closing the door behind me. We headed down to breakfast, where we were met with light chatter. Everyone who passed us wished Ellie a happy birthday. "I'll get breakfast, you go sit down", I told Keira, as Charlie and I went to grab breakfast. We quickly joined Keira at a table where Ellie was sat in her high chair still holding her new teddy. "Here you go birthday girl", I told her, placing a bowl filled with strawberries in front of her, with a kiss to her head. Ellie digged right into them immediately. "Where's my birthday girl ?", I heard, called out. I looked around spotting Leah looking around before spotting us, and bounding over. "Happy Birthday Effie", Leah quietly said to Ellie, lifting her up out of her high chair. Ellie giggled and shoved her cuddly toy in front of Leah's face. "What's this ?", Leah questioned, looking at the toy. "Narly!!", Ellie squealed. Leah looked at the toy curiously before turning to the rest of the table, "well she obviously has a favourite family member". We all chuckled before Keira pointed out, "I think I'll take that label, thanks". "You wish", I piped up as we all laughed again. I turned to Ellie and Charlie and asked "why don't you tell Le the other present ?". Charlie grinned and Leah looked at us quizzically. "Me and Ellie are gonna be Mum and Keira's mascots today", Charlie grinned as she told Leah. Leah smiled and said "don't you want to be my mascot Effie ?", Ellie just giggled and than reached down to Keira "mama". Leah huffed as she handed Ellie over to Keira who grinned at Ellie's reaction to the question. "Told ya I'm her favourite family member". Leah just shook her head as we continued to chat amongst ourselves.
