Schools are out on break and G8 & G12 are staying with me. I have to go to work each day but they stay with D21 and seem to be enjoying the freedom.

I love having them there to come home to and TV hour has 8 on my lap and 12 next to me, sometimes head on shoulder, sometimes teasing me with brushing her leg against mine. Dinner, bath, and bedtimes are pure joy.

But the mornings are my favorite. Y'all know I'm aging and one thing that happens is it's harder to get up in the morning and face the day. Not with them there. They sleep through my preparations and my leaving of course but 2 or 3 times I'll go in, smooth their blankets, touch or kiss their foreheads, tell them they are beautiful and that I'm crazy about them and I love them very much. They just mumble but I know they hear me. This is a wonderful blend of parental and 'romantic' love. Outward it's all nurturing like any loving parent would do. But the intimacy of it is arousing to me and I leave the house with a half tent (careful, don't let Princess Leia see it). It's a terrific way to start the day.

I do have a purely sexual girl story tho:

G4, G8, G12, and I were in the hot tub late one evening a couple of weeks ago. The hot tub has a 'fountain jet' in the middle of the floor that shoots straight up. A knob on the side of the tub controls the water pressure. G12 discovered it was kinda fun to sit on it. I had control of the pressure. She liked it full blast. I would slowly turn it down until she would notice it wasn't working like before. "Hey, turn it back up!" I said, "oh, you like that?" *impatient angry face at me* "just turn it back up!" It didn't look like she quite reached satisfaction (probably because she couldn't relax with me 'messing' with her) but it was clear she was enjoying it quite a bit. Sometimes now I ask her if she would like to be alone in the hot tub. I think she does but is a little embarrassed to admit it. I'm trying to let her know it would be okay with me but she's 12 and just talking to her about anything is a challenge. I won't push it. She's such a doll. I love that girl.