"Daddy,dad,dada", i snapped out of my dream as i felt 3 pairs of feet jumping on my bed. I decided to pretend to be sleeping thinking they would get tired ,give up and let me sleep. It was 6:00am for crying out loud.why couldn't these kids just sleep in.

"Dad! Wake up! ",shouted my sweet 6 year old daughter,jumping up and down with her jet black curls bouncing on her head. Oh i loved her so much....... .I had another scream from my 4 year old son,"Daddy! Wake up now!,we nweeeddd bweakfwast.i is hungwe." He sounded like he was about to cry but i want to keep my act.

Then my 1 year old little girl tired of keeping up the jumping with her older siblings snuggled next to me and yelled,"Dada! Dada!" And evily gave me her sloppy kisses filling my face with saliva. That was all i need and jumped right up,grabbing all three of my angels,tickling them and smuggling them to me. Making them squeal with delight.

"Daddy..please stop tickling me", my 6 year old ,latoya giggled. "I will not stop because you asked for it when you decided to wake me up from my sleep at 6:00am",i said continuing to tickle them. After like 3 minutes of tickling my babies ,i got out of bed to get ready for the day.

I helped my kids brush their teeth,wash their faces and dress up. I usually give them baths at night so in the morning they just wash the vitals and he dressed. We all got downstairs to have our breakfast before heading out.

"What will my royal highnesses have for their breakfast?", i asked my kids making a bowing gesture which made them burst into laughter. "Dada fun!",laquisha ,my 1 year old babbled.she knew a few words like dada,fun,sippy (if asking for water,milk or juice) sissy and bubba( for her sister and brother respectively).

"Scrambled eggs and grapes" they said in unison. Leonidus and latoya love eggs and grapes. They could ask for that every breakfast. And being a superhero dad i would never say no to my babies. They were my world. As my friends would say,they had wrapped around their little fingers.

"Scrambled eggs and grapes it is my royal highnesses", i announced in my butler tone,gaining more giggles from my children. They loved cracking the eggs into the bowl and i would give each an egg for crack while me and laquisha whisked the eggs.

As my children had their breakfast i prepared their lunches,cleaned the kitchen and also sat down to eat my breakfast.By the time we were done it was 7:30am,i picked up all our stuff and carried it to my black SUV,then came picked up laquisha because she was fussy and didn't want to walk,locked up and left.

I woke up at 8:30am feeling my eyes swollen and puffy from crying the previous night. Though i didn't want to i forced myself out of bed,brushed my teeth,took a cold shower and dressed up. I walked by merijn' s room and i could hear him playing his music i didn't want to bother him,so i headed for jolanda 's room,i greeted her,we talked alittle since we were not that close and i proceeded downstairs to fix myself a bowl of cereal for breakfast preferably cheerios.

As i ascended the stairs i could smell an aroma i had taken some years without smelling in the house. I proceeded to the kitchen and the sight in the kitchen made my mouth drop...." Mom?" I half whispered. It had been years since my mum was home more so in the kitchen. I was shocked,i just stood and looked at her like she was some stranger.Since my going to college i had not seen my mum. I felt tears build up in my eyes,i tried holding them back but i failed when i heard her say," josie....baby....". I broke down. I missed my mum so much. I could see age had taken a grip on her,she had a few grey hairs. She pulled me into a hug,i hugged her tightly like my life depended on it.

I didn't want her to let me go,we held each other for a few minutes until i had a surprised merijn,"mom? Is that really you?". my mother broke from our hug and amidst tears shook her head as a reply to merijn question."I know baby,i shut you all out when your father died. I was so selfish please forgive me",she cried. Merijn rushed to her and hugged her so tight,he also called me to join in the hug until my mum said," you guys are going to suffocate me,enough with the hugs".

We all burst into laughter and the laugh was interrupted by a voice,"What am i missing? Its been years since i heard you two laugh.",said jolanda as she came down the stairs. My mother was crying again. Jolanda shouted in shock and excitement,"mom? Is that really you?" As she ran past us into our mum's open arms. We all cried for some good 15 minutes. It felt good to be in the same room all of us after my dad's death.

"We better stop crying and get eating because we have alot to catch up on" said my mum as she pulled away from the hug and finalised the breakfast she was cooking.We all sat at the table and enjoyed our mum's cooking.How i missed this food!.

I was happy though that atleast my family was back together. This moment made me forget my problems as i watched everyone smile something we hadn't done after dad's death.We talked as we ate,telling each other our feelings.After so many years i could gladly say this was the best day ever.