Chapter 374 - Daddy's Day

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Since Bolin was back, Lu Fang announced that Sunday will be Daddy's day to take care of the kids. 

The twins slept with them the night before. Chevre slept on the extended crib while Brie slept in the between her parents. 

The man woke up early at six in the morning to have some breakfast prepared. Just before doing so, he pulled Brie for a hug and kissed her cheeks several times. 

Andrea had also woken up and turned to the two. She chuckled before saying, "Her cheeks will smell like saliva."

"I'm going to bathe her anyway," said Lu Fang. He lazily got out of bed and gestured for Andrea to move to the other side. "Stay here, babe. She might roll off the bed."

Lu Fang prepared breakfast with aunt Rosa and just as they were almost done, he heard his wife calling from upstairs, "Babe, Brie is already awake."

He signaled aunt Rosa to finish the cooking and got up to do his daddy chores. 

"Hello, my little princess! Daddy is going to give your bath today. Are you excited?" Lu Fang said cheerfully. 

"No! Mommy!" Brie said, pointing out to Andrea. 

"Oh, I'm sure you'd like to take a bath with daddy today. I prepared a swimming  pool bath for you!" He said before carrying his daughter by force. 

"No daddy! No!" Brie kept screaming, trying to reach out for her mother, but the man held her tight. 

Turning back to Andrea, he said, "Have Xing Mi bring their clothes to the garden before she leaves, babe. Wake up the little guy too."

"No! Daddy! No!" Brie kept yelling but when she was brought to the garden, her anger disappeared seeing a mini inflatable pool set-up for their bath. 

"Are you ready Princess?" asked the man. 

"Yey! I like daddy!" She happily exclaimed. 

Xing Mi brought the twins' change of clothes and Andrea came down with her bringing the still sleepy Chevre. 

"How did you get him up?" Asked Lu Fang. 

Andrea giggled and said, "I told him you made chocolate pancakes… So you'll have to make one later."

They changed the twins in their swimwear before having them enjoy the water. Lu Fang joined the twins inside the inflatable pool and gave them their baths.

Seeing the twins enjoy the water so much, he realized he needed a bigger place for his family. He needed to have a swimming pool made. The entire back of the mansion was turned into a training ground that has not been used as of recently. Next to it was aunt Rosa's extended house. Thus, he made a mental note for Bolin to scout for a new home for them. 

He did not like the idea of having renovations while living in the same space. Especially with the children around. He found it too troublesome. He would rather have a mansion built elsewhere, equipped with all the facilities they all need and move in when ready. 

After the twins were done with their bath, Pilar came down to help get the twins changed while Andrea took over the care of Angela. Lu Fang hurriedly changed clothes and got down to whip up some chocolate pancakes. 

Even before he was done with the batter, he could hear Chevre yelling, "Pancake! Pancake! Daddy! Pancake!"

"My son is so demanding when it comes to food," said Lu Fang to aunt Rosa who was washing some dishes. 

Aunt Rosa laughed and said, "It's okay. He is still young."

When he finished the last piece, Lu Fang said out loud from the kitchen, "Chocolate pancake coming up!"

They all had a lovely breakfast that day and after the couple took a bath themselves, Lu Fang brought the kids to the playroom and opened a new set of puzzle toys for them to enjoy. He stayed with Chevre and Brie, playing until lunch was ready.

In the afternoon, he tried putting them to sleep. He discovered it was the biggest struggle as of yet. When he ordered the twins to get some rest, they would pretend to close their eyes but after a few minutes, they would start arguing with each other, even if they were in their own beds. 

"Chevre is monster!"

"No you are monster!"

"No! I'm princess!"

"I'm handsome! You are monster!"

"The two of you stop it. Go to sleep now," said the man with his both his hands on his waist. 

Unfortunately, giving a verbal warning was not enough. They pretended to sleep again but soon found another reason to argue. He brought back the twins to their room and have them sleep on their bed, with him in the middle. Andrea stayed on the other side to prevent Brie from falling off. It was only then that they finally dozed.

Following their afternoon nap, Lu Fang prepared a painting wall for the twins. He had earlier asked Bolin to buy a washable paint. 

In the patio, the man taped large papers on the glass sliding doors and placed white tarpaulin fabric on the floor.  He filled four plastic egg containers with different colors and handed two to the twins, one for his wife and one for himself. 

They had a joyous painting experience with the twins. Angela had a little try on it as well. 

In the evening, Lu Fang read the twins a story to bed and because they had a busy day, they easily fell asleep. Since there was no caregiver for them on Sundays, the twins were left in their care once more. 

Needless to say, it was a very fruitful day for the man.  If he had a choice, he would rather spend every day like this with his children. 

Before getting some sleep themselves, Andrea kissed her husband and said, "You did a great job today, babe."

Monday came and Karen knocked on the door to take the twins for their regular bath. When Lu Fang opened the door, he already carried Brie with him. He told her, "Princes, Karen will give your bath now."

Brie cried all of a sudden and said, "No! No! I want daddy!"

"Ah, princess, daddy has to go to work."

"No! Daddy! Only Daddy!" She did not stop yelling. Her voice was so loud that Chevre ended up awake and throwing tantrums. 

Andrea came up behind him, carrying Chevre. She said, "Just tell Bolin you'll be late for an hour."

'Daddy?" called Chevre.  "pancake please?"

Andrea kissed the little boy and said, "make that two hours late. Just to be sure."