nolan is BEGGING princess to let all four kids go stay with their grandparents. on his knees in front of her saying he’d buy her whatever purse or pair of shoes she wanted (as if he doesn’t do that already) if she’ll just let them have at least a few days alone with her.
i have this idea that when the kids get a little bit older they start packing their own lunches so princess and nolan can “sleep” in a little longer. obviously they double check and make sure all the kids are bringing good food to school, but making lunches for four kids bright and early was getting a little too much as the kids got older.
so one morning princess and nolan are up early and things are getting heated. it’s 20 minutes before the kids are normally up so they think they have enough time to fool around. but boy oh boy are they wrong. right as things start getting hot and heavy here comes teddy knocking at the door, asking if someone could please open the pack of lunch meat and jar of pickles so he can make a sandwich to take with him. nolan stops what he’s doing and looks right at princess and says “i cant fucking wait for summer break”
Pls Nolan is begging like his life depends on it. And yes he’s counting down the days to when school gets out and they’re going to the airport. Like i said he LOVES his kids, and he’s gonna miss them! But he hasn’t had alone time- proper alone time- with princess since before Teddy was born. Cause (we know i love angst) i like to think that after teddy things just became too much. Each girl had their own sport, then teddy became old enough to do things, they all had school, then gemma started middle school and teddy started kinder….it all became too much. They kept postponing date night, and when they were able to do it someone got sick or someone had a project due that they forgot to tell mom about. It kinda put a strain on them that they didn’t know was there.