Kurt was desperately trying to remember why he thought three children under the age of two would be a good idea. He was currently stood soaked from head to toe in bath water as Elijah giggled at him from the bath. Ava and Imogen screaming from their cribs next door. He loved his family, of course he did, but this was far more work than he had ever expected.

Grammy had returned home a few days earlier, they were all sad to see her go, but Kurt knew that he needed to get used to life without her there 24/7, Blaine had reluctantly gone back to work, although he phoned about 30 times a day, which left Kurt at the house on his own with three children.

"Dada wet!" Elijah was findly it absolutely hilarious that Kurt was soaking from his bath water.

"No, Elijah, that's naughty, you mustn't splash Daddy! Now, let's get you clean so I can go and see to your sisters, okay?"

Elijah either wasn't listening, or didn't care as he continued to try and splash Kurt.

"ELIJAH! ENOUGH!" Kurt very rarely yelled at Elijah, and the sound of his voice made Elijah stop in his tracks and start crying at the sound. Kurt felt guilty for upsetting his son, but he knew he needed to be tougher on him, otherwise he would think he could always misbehave. Elijah recoiled as Kurt tried to wash him.

"Elijah, Daddy is sorry for yelling, but you must behave yourself in the bath, you could really injure yourself, and now that you're my big boy, I need you to be good okay?"

Elijah sniffled slightly before nodding his head at his Daddy.

"I Sowi Dada"

"I know you are buddy, now let's get you out and dry and into your favourite pajamas okay?" Kurt kissed Elijah's forehead as he wrapped him up in a towel. He was a good boy really, he just needed to be told sometimes. Dressing Elijah in his favourite Spiderman pajamas, he put him in his room to play quietly, whilst going to sort to Imogen and Ava.

"How's my favourite girls then?" The twins just seemed to scream louder at the sound of Kurt's voice, Kurt gave a massive sigh before rubbing his hands through his already disheveled hair. He picked Ava up first, checking all the usuals before deciding she had probably just been woken up from Elijah making a noise in the bath. He put her pacifier back in and wrapped her securely in her blankets, which seemed to settle her.

Imogen was always the more active of the two, always looking around and seeing what was going on around her, she never seemed to stop moving, wriggling away in her fathers arms. Today was no exception, he knew there was no way she was going back to sleep anytime soon, so he decided to take her with him into Elijah's room to get him to sleep.

"Right, buddy, toys away, it's time for bed" Normally Elijah would have moaned and grumbled at having to go to bed, but Kurt suspected he knew that playing up would not be a good idea tonight, after all the hassle Kurt had had with the bath earlier. Kurt and Imogen watched as Elijah climbed into his bed, snuggling down under his superman bedsheets (he had a real superhero thing at the moment)

"Goodnight, Elijah, Daddy loves you so much"

"Night Daddy, lub you too"

Kurt kissed Elijah on the cheek, turning his light off, leaving the small night light by his bed on. He backed out of the door and closed it quietly behind him. Imogen was still wriggling in his arms, so he took her downstairs and into the living room with him, making sure the two baby monitors were on and working, relaxing slightly at the sound of two of his childrens soft breathing.

Blaine would usually be home to help with bedtime, but one of his students was nearing an important performance, and he had to give her extra lessons in preparation for it, something Kurt fully understood, but that didn't mean he was happy about it, now was a time when he needed Blaine more than ever. He switched the TV on to something soothing, not wanting Imogen to be too awake right now, and settled down with her in his arms, her body facing the TV so she could see what was going on.

Kurt wasn't sure exactly when he fell asleep, but he knew it must have been a while, as when Blaine gently shook him awake, the TV had gone onto a different programme, Imogen was curled up on his chest asleep. He looked up to see Blaine smiling lovingly down at him, hand threading through his hair.

"Bad bedtime?"

"You have no idea, Elijah was doing everything he could to make me angry, Ava and Imogen wouldn't stop crying, once I got the other two to go to bed, this one wouldn't, so I brought her down here for a bit, and I guess I fell asleep."

"I'm sorry I wasn't here for you honey, but I'm here now, so give me Imogen, and I'll go put her in bed, why don't you grab a bottle of wine and two glasses and we can snuggle and watch a movie or something?" Kurt handed Blaine Imogen, being careful not to wake her up.

"That sounds amazing, Blaine, thank you"

"No, thank you for looking after all of them, you really are amazing, Kurt"

Kurt smiled softly at his husband as he went upstairs to put their daughter to bed, going into the kitchen to get some glasses and a bottle of wine, he returned to the living room. Just as he was about to sit down, his phone started ringing in his pocket, fishing it out, he noticed it was his Dad's caller ID.

"Dad? Is everything okay?" He heard his Dad stifle a sob on the other end of the line.

"Kurt..."