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Emily, Ethan, Declan, Cameron, Aleena, and then Ryan and Kyle, who are the two one year olds, they've all been whispering for the past hour.
We've had dinner and now I'm just watching the kids play in the pool.
Emily insisted on going in, and we have swimmy's on all of their arms except for Cameron.
He's the only who knows how to swim.
If Emily won't let us teach her, Ethan won't either.
They're all whispering in the low end.
"What can they possibly do talking about?" I whisper to everyone.
"No idea." Miranda, Shaun's wife says. She's pregnant.
"No guys!" Emily says. "Follow my lead!"
She gets out of the water and everyone follows her
"Okay, first Cam, and then me, and then Aleena, and then Ethan, and then Declan, and then Kyle, and then Ryan, okay?" she whisper shouts.
I hide my face in Tyler's shoulder, trying to muffle my laughter.
"Emily, don't be bossy." Tyler says.
"Okay Daddy." She says.
So they line up, all of them facing us, Cameron first, and then Emily, and then Aleena, and then Ethan, and then Declan, and then Kyle, and then Ryan.
They're in age order and height order.
"What are they doing?" Delaney whispers.
"What do you want?" I speak up, eying them suspiciously. Mom snaps a photo.
"We want to have a sleepover!" Emily says.
"All of you?" I ask.
I can hardly handle three.
There's no way I can handle seven.
"Yes, but at Auntie Delly an Uncle Blake's house!" she says matter-of-factly.
"You want all seven of you to sleepover at our house?" Delaney asks.
They all nod.
"Yeah!" Ryan screams. He and Kyle are only one. They know hardly any words, but they can walk.
"I don't know..." I trail off. The kids have never slept at somebody else's house without me being there.
"I'm fine with it." Blake says.
"Yeah, not a problem for me." Delaney says.
"Yeah, go ahead." Miranda shrugs. Shaun nods, eying Kyle.
"Yeah, I don't see a problem." Cooper says, looking at Aleena.
"Yeah, it doesn't bug me." Tyler shrugs.
Everyone looks at me and Caroline.
"It's fine." Caroline shrugs. "Aleena, you better be on your best behavior."
"Momma?" Declan asks.
"Please?" Ethan says. "Please? Please?"
I really don't know.
They've never spent a night without us.
"It'll be your first night to be loud." Delaney speaks up.
I look at her.
"You know, in five years, it'll be the first night to express you gratitude."
The thought of having the entire house to ourselves, just Tyler and I...
