Then there were 6 - REWRITING

Meeting the celebs

Dianne's PoV
"Morning Brielle." I laughed, pulling the blanket off her slightly so I could pick her up, "You have a nice sleep?"
She nodded, fiddling with my hair as I took her down the stairs to where the other kids were already eating their food, Brielle always slept in later than the others and it had became a routine that I would get her after everyone else.
"Morning sis," Riley said, a mouthful of toast, "How'd you sleep?"
"Good." Brielle smiled as I put her into her high chair and made sure it was secure.
Once I had cut up some soft fruits for her and had put it on the tray, Riley helped her eat it as she always did. "Here comes the aeroplane!" She laughed, making a zooming sound as she drew the strawberry closer and closer to Brielle's mouth, "Open wide!"

She did so and Riley put the strawberry in, "Remember to chew, you don't want to choke." She warned her, showing her how to chew properly.

"Good Morning!" Joe smiled as he walked into the kitchen, his dressing gown on still and fish flip flops. "Hey babies." He gave them all a kiss in turn and then he came to me, "Morning Di,"

"Morning," I said, kissing him, "Brielle baby, chew it." I said quickly, seeing she was trying to swallow it whole. "You'll choke."

Once I had washed up the breakfast plates and there was only Brielle left to finish, I thought about the day ahead, meeting the celebs! Well, I wasn't sure whether I was doing Strictly this year, cos, it's quite a challenge with the twins cos that makes 6. I couldn't leave Joe to look after them all on his own for a week, that would just be mental, he would probably have a breakdown. He's upstairs right now helping them all pick out their outfits and he will be helping the twins put them on as I don't think they can dress themselves yet. He'll be helping Alex at least, Brielle is with me.
"I done mama." She said, pushing the plate further towards me. "You done baby?" She nodded, "Yes."
I had to first take Brielle upstairs and get her ready before I got to making her and Alex some juice and washed and dried up the remainder of plates from Breakfast.

"You look beautiful Brielle." Joe smiled, "Give us a twirl."

Brielle spun around, nearly falling over and joe laughed, "A proper girly girl."

He picked Alex up on one side and Brielle on the other and he took them to their rooms, "should we play in the ball pit for a while?" He asked them. "Yeah!" Alex said, he was usually very quiet in the mornings, but with any mention of a ball pit he was off.

"Going in!" He said, picking Brielle up and holding her above his head. "You Ready?" "Zooooooooommmmm!" She giggled, kicking her legs as she landed in the ball pit.

Alex hid away from this idea and he went behind Joe. "Whats up Alex?" He asked, spinning round so he could see him, "Do you not want daddy to do that with you?" Alex nodded, "I a bit scared," Joe ruffled his hair, "No reason to be, you're ok with me baby."

He showed him what he was going to do and then he did it, Alex ended up loving it. "Again! Again!" He shouted, "Tat was fun," Alex giggled.

Brielle was throwing them all over the place and a few seconds later Riley walked in the room, "Morning."

Joe grabbed hold of Riley and flew her into the ball pit, making her laugh. "I always remember that from when I was their age,"
Joe smiled, "Yes, teaching them it now."

"It's so fun isn't it?" She asked the twins, kneeling beside the ball pit, the twins nodded, Alex reaching out for her, "Hi Alex," Riley said, putting him on her lap and giving him a kiss on the cheek.

"Joe come here a sec." I said, he looked around and got up.

"I've had a message from my brother, they say that they are coming over to England and we're wondering whether we would like to meet them?" I told him, he nodded, "Do they realise we have 6 kids now?"

"Well, the last time we saw them Ella was only young, so probably not, I think they have only met Ella."

"Did you not tell them each time they were born?" He laughed. I nodded, "Obviously, What i mean is they haven't met them, but I'm pretty sure they know about it, unless they forgot."

He nodded, "Does Andrew have any kids, last time I heard Brendan had two,"

"Yes, Andrew had 2 kids with Mel now, Archie and Amelia, and Brendan has Mia, Billy and Zara."

"That's so weird, last time we went they had none."

"I know right, haha, bit weird, they are bringing them over so it will be a kid overload really."

"What with our 6, Mel and Andrews 2 and Brendan's 3, that's 11, what a lot we have between us!"

"I hope you realise we make that number bigger, we have 6 Joe."

"Why Do we have that many? I wouldn't trade any of them anyways."

"Cos we have big hearts." I laughed, looking at a family photo on my bedside.

I was already ready to head to the studio to meet the celebs and this was honestly my favourite part of the series. Whether or not I was going to partner one was unknown, as I am quite busy at the moment to be honest.

The kids said that I should do it next year, I mean, I will still be in the group dances as always, but just not with a partner. It would be hard to juggle 6 kids and a whole week of rehearsals.

"I'll go get the kids," Joe said, seeing that I was ready.

"Ok, I'll go unlock the car."

I grabbed the dance bag that was lying by the door and pulled my trainers on as quick as possible, today was a day when you couldn't be late. I held the keys in my left hand and pulled the front door open with the other, "It's open Joe." I yelled, unlocking the car.

About 2 minutes I heard the clambering of feet coming down the stairs and then Riley and Jess appeared at the door, holding Ella's hands.

"Here mummy." Riley said, jumping into one of the seats and buckling herself in.

Soon enough all the kids were in the car and Joe hopped into the drivers seat, he was going to take them home once the meeting had kicked off.

The kids chatted amongst themselves and me and Joe talked about our work, "So, how's strictly been then?" He asked me, "It must be hard to be Dancing almost 24/7."

I laughed, putting my hair behind my ear, "Yeah it is, sometimes harder than others, but I love what I do so much and I would never change it."

He smiled, "I know, you seem to adore it, I don't know how you got to be that good, I have 2 left feet."

"Honestly, it was just hours of practice when I was little, like you and vlogging, if you do it more, you get better,"

"Yes, I was vlogging pretty early on, stealing the spotlight from Zoe when we were little. When my mum filmed Christmas, I used to go up and try to take the camera!"
I laughed, "Yeah, I can imagine, you are a little star." I told him like I always did, kissing him on the cheek.

All the kids stopped their chatter and went 'Aww...' making me and Joe laugh.

I loved them all so much...