She's a like a sword

“Why don’t you try out one piece, then? You’d look sexy in it too. You’re tall though, so I don’t know how that would work as far as the whole length thing goes. I don’t know how people wear those romper things. They look like a wedgie torture device,” the male joked. “I think she’s taking turns watching the movie and watching us. The news for her is that she’s going to have to get in bed soon so we can go swim tomorrow.” Marco turned around to the toddlers on the bed, scooping Lily up and surprising her. Lily let out a loud squeal at the action, Marco twirling her around before carrying her over to join Madison. “And when the princess goes to bed she has to stay in bed. Okay?” Marco could only hope that it would work out his way, but nine times out of ten both Lily and Matteo made their way into their bedroom at some point in the night, both too attached to their parents to stay completely alone all night. “We’re going to have so much fun, baby.”

“I feel like a one piece would go up my as-booty because of how tall I am. I hate rompers. I don’t understand them. I would hate peeing naked, too. You basically have to take everything off and I ain’t digging that,” Madison scrunched her face in thought. “She needs to get some sleep because there’s a big day tomorrow,” she smiled as she watched her husband with their daughter, the child loving her daddy more than anyone else. “You both need to stay in bed when you go to bed. You’ll get a surprise if you do, okay?” Madison looked at the two kids and smiled. “We need this trip. Just to get away from everything. And you have the staff for this? Nothing to worry about? I think we should ditch the phone besides using it for pictures. Even then, we just need one of them. Maybe if the kids sleep early we can spend some time with just us,” she smiled sweetly as she leaned in to kiss him. “I love you.”

“A day and just as many kids ago you were hot. You’re always hot, babe.” Marco knew that it was harder to convince her of that since she had the twins, and he knew that she couldn’t help that. Still, she was the sexiest thing in the world to him. She always was, and always would be. “More than one?” Marco chewed on his lip while he searched for a few more, pulling out a red set and a purple set as well. “A little color won’t hurt, will it?” A surprise, too? The thought excited him, knowing she still looked to add a little fun to the bedroom. And boy, did she know how to do it. “They probably don’t understand much of it. Mommy got a new outfit, that’s all they need to be aware of. Besides, they’re still pretty invested in the movie,” he mentioned, looking back to the kids on the bed, still staring up at the tv. “I love you so much. I can’t wait for this trip to start.”

“I just hate my body after the twins. I know that my body looks good still, but man, I just feel like I have a ton of stretch marks now,” she looked down at her body as if she was able to see them through the shirt. She knew that her body was still rocking after a baby and then twins within a two year span, but she just didn’t feel like she was up to how she looked before them. “More than one. I bought one recently. We haven’t put it to use yet, but it’s there in a bag. You’re not allowed to open the bag. Just grab it and put it in the suitcase.” She looked down at the two toddlers, a smile forming on her face. “Probably not. And they really are. I’m impressed Lily is staying still for so long. Usually she gets bored after a while and wants to do something else.”

“I think I’ll have more trouble keeping wandering eyes off of you, my love. You’re the sexy one out of the two of us.” Marco packed both of the dresses away, then dug out two pairs of denim shorts and several flowy, comfortable shirts that he knew Madison would love to wear on their mini vacation, finishing off her packing with a few pairs of shoes and her pajamas. “I think this is dying to go too,” the Italian mused, pulling a dainty lingerie set of black lace, something that already had him feeling hot for her. “Since the kids will be so tired from swimming…”

“Maybe a decade and four kids ago, I was. Now I just look like a mom,” the brunette smiled at him as she watched him pack up the clothes. Giving a smirk when she watched him pull out lingerie, Madison gave a small nod, looking down at the kids for a moment. “I think you can pack more than one of those. We need to have fun, too. It’s not just fun for the kids. I think I’ll surprise you with the second one though. I did just go shopping lately. By myself,” she looked up at him, giving an innocent smile. “We probably shouldn’t be talking about this in front of the two toddlers that copy everything we say.”

“I do know how you pack, but every time I thought about you at the lake I thought about you in a bikini and I found myself only reaching for them. That will work, though. You can sit back and relax.” Marco smiled down at his wife with his oldest baby then walked to the closet, pulling out two dresses that Madison often reached for in the warm weather. “Left, right, or both?” he asked, holding a hanger in each hand. “You’ll look magnificent in both of them.”

“I mean, we will be at the lake, so we will basically be living in swimsuits as we’re there. I’ll have to swat the women away from you though. You’re just so sexy without a shirt on,” she smirked, giving an innocent shrug. Wrapping her arm around the little boy, she moved down to kiss his head, then kissed Lily’s head. “Both. And pack a pair of jean shorts and a few shirts. You know how I dress by now.”

Marco had gone straight to grabbing his and Madison’s suitcase once the toddlers were settled in their mom and dad’s pillows with a Disney movie on the tv, and he quickly put what he considered to be his genius packing methods to work. He turned around when he heard Madison’s voice in the doorway, the bag nearly full and incredibly organized. “They’ve been great. I haven’t packed up your things yet; I figured you would want dresses while we are there but I wanted to make sure I didn’t pack anything you didn’t want.”

Looking down at her empty side of the suitcase, the brunette looked up at him, giving a small pout. “You should know how I dress to pack my things. I just packed all four kids. How about I tell you and you pack it for me. Be the perfect husband that I love so much,” she smiled sweetly at him as she sat on the bed, Matteo moving to curl up against her. “I love you oh so much, babe.”

“I like the idea of a little alone time,” Marco smirked, kissing Madison’s cheek before chasing down the older Cavaliere children. He scooped Matteo up in his left arm before having to run for Lilaia - as per usual - and scooped her up in his right. “We’re watching movies in Mommy and Daddy’s room before bed, how does that sound?” The two older toddlers smiled brightly, Lily’s arms wrapping around Marco’s neck in a hug. “Then Mommy and Daddy have a surprise for you both tomorrow, but you have to get really good sleep in your own beds first.”

“I do too, babe. Hopefully we get it.” She watched him grab the two toddlers, it being clear that the younger one making it hard for him. “Good. You can pack out stuff and I need to pack their stuff. Hopefully this will happen quick.” Going into the twins’ room, Madison grabbed a bag and started to load up clothing, knowing that they would need extra with how the babies are at this stage. They were starting finger foods and instead of putting it in their mouth, they liked to rub it on each other. Setting the one bag out in the hallway, Madison went on to the next room and put clothes in bags, repeating again with the next room. Finally putting out three bags, Madison finally went back into their bedroom, seeing the two kids in bed. “Wow, they haven’t moved.”

“If we could just empty a drawer of hers into a suitcase she’d be happy. Let’s just make sure she has plenty of bathing suits to pick from and maybe she’ll be happy. I’d like to get groceries to keep in the cabin so we can still cook, maybe have some marshmallows over a fire one night. We can go out too,” he suggested. “I have good ideas sometimes,” Marco grinned. “If we give them some food to settle them down for the night then they should be good too. I think we can get all this packing done in no time.”

“Yeah, you can pack that drawer, then. I’m just going to give her extra outfits, so it looks like she’s choosing something herself, but it’s actually me choosing it. I agree. I don’t want to eat out the whole time. I rather us cook and not have to go into the little town to eat then back out to the beach. Not with four kids,” Madison nodded as she picked up the twins. “You do. You impress me. I’m gonna lay them down and play their music. You get the other two distracted. Then maybe we can have some alone time before tomorrow,” she smiled sweetly as she kissed him. “I’m lucky to be yours.”

“I think Matteo could potentially help, Lily might get a little in the way…but she won’t go to sleep if she thinks she is missing out on anything. What if we put the big ones in our bed with a movie for now and you can have at their rooms?” It was a good suggestion, at least in his mind. “We need to pack for the dogs, too.”

“Lily will be pulling the clothes out as I pack them. She is in the dressing herself stage, if you can’t tell by the crazy color outfits lately,” Madison shook her head. It was easier to just let the toddler dress herself than try to fight her on it. Especially when the toddler was Lily. “That could work. The twins are easy to put down and they will be pretty easy to pack up. The dogs won’t be hard either. It might be easier to do them in the morning since they will want their toys and such now.”

“Unless it’s Ma,” Marco added, having a good laugh while Madison motioned to his thing, as she’d so politely referred to it. “Don’t worry, I was joking. No things will be mentioned while we’re gone, unless you’d like to be the one to mention it.” He grinned and kissed her cheek. “Do you want me to take care of our stuff and you take care of the kids?”

“She’s family. That’s different,” Madison nodded. Fran was the one person that Madison knew she could trust with the kids. It helped that she was also always around them. “Thank you. And I wouldn’t mention it that way. Trust me,” she smiled sweetly as he kissed her cheek. “Yeah, I can get them packed up. Do you think we should put them to sleep to make it go faster?”

“I could never imagine handing off all of them to someone else. When they start school it’ll be a different story, I’d imagine. But, we have a while until then.” It didn’t take the family long to devour their dinner, Matteo and Lily nibbling at their own small plates while Marco and Madison planned out what to pack for their last minute trip, leaving the husband to go do so immediately after it was cleaned up. “What do you think babe? Swim trunks or a speedo?”

“I refuse to. I’m way too picky over people that watch them. I can barely handle someone babysitting for an hour,” she shook her head as she ran her hand through her hair. Cleaning the plates up as she thought out loud what she needed to pack, the brunette looked over at her husband when he posed the question. “I would say speedo if it was just us, but I don’t want our nosy girl to look at daddy and point at your,” she lowered her hand, “ thing and ask what it is.”

“We basically have eight kids,” he sighs, looking at all of them as they gathered at or around the dining room table. “Our happy, big family.” He smiled and kisses her. “I’m always happy to help you out, as much as you’ll let me. I love you. Thank you for embracing my OCD tendencies and not yelling at me for it.” He kissed her again, pecking her nose after. “And thank you for cooking us a meal that smells really, really delicious.”

“We said we wanted a big family. I don’t think we expected to have eight little people to take care of. It’s why I’m a stay at home mom.  Could you imagine us finding a nanny for everyone? It would be impossible.” Madison smiled as she kissed him, resting her forehead on his. “It’s really hard to embrace at times, but I try to. We do know that I get annoyed by it at times,” she shrugged as she smiled, looking over at the food. “Thank you. Your mom gave me the recipe.”

“I’ll try to be less excited about packing next time. Maybe I’m just excited we’re all going on a little vacation together. It’s our first one with the family.” They’d talked about going overseas once Matteo and Lily were old enough, and then came the twins, putting those plans off a little longer. “It’ll be the perfect test run to see how they do with traveling and being somewhere different. And yes, it’s more than one bedroom. I made sure of that.” Marco winked in Madison’s direction and took the food out of the oven, putting the hot tray on the stove top to cool. “Why am I so spoiled with such a good wife? I don’t deserve you.”

“Is it, actually, isn’t it? I think I’ve been so caught up in everything that I didn’t realize that. It’s still a tad weird you’re excited about packing, but it’s one of the many reasons I love you. You just make things easier for me. And with four kids, four dogs and a husband, I could use that help,” she smiled as she set the twins in their bouncy chairs, calling for Lily and Matteo. “You don’t, but I accept you for who you are.” Madison moved closer to him, wrapping her arms around his neck. “I love you more than anything.”