November 25, 2012 [Homevideo]
The camera jiggled for a little bit before it finally settled on one spot to see 5-year-old Isabella looking at the camera amused before Michelle sat down beside her.
"What is this for Mommy?"
"I'm just here to ask you a couple of questions, is that okay? We're sending this to Abuelo and Lola for thanksgiving."
Isabella hummed and looked up at the ceiling in thought before she turned back to her mother and nodded her head.
"Okay so, tell me something about yourself."
"My name is Isabella Blaire Martins, I am 5 years old and I live in New York City."
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November 25, 2026
Aquila, Diana and Isabella were all sat down on the couch looking at Christen and Michelle questioningly.
"What are we doing here Mom?"
"Just a few questions for research."
The twins, who were on either side of Isabella, sat on the couch all energized since they just ate a bunch of chocolate cake.
"Okay, we could start off by you guys saying something about yourselves. Name, Age, and where you live."
"My name is Aquila Elise Press, I am 5 years old and I live in Los Angeles."
"My name is Diana Elaine Press, Akie is my older twin sister so I am also 5 and I also live in Los Angeles with my Mommy and Mama."
The two looked at Isabella, who was giving her Mom a "really?" look but Michelle just gave her the go signal so she sighed and went along,
"My name is Isabella Blaire Press, I am 19 years old and I, like my sisters, live in Los Angeles but I am staying at Palo Alto with my girlfriend because I am currently attending University,"
"What's your favortie food?"
Isabella giggled and tilted her head so she could make eye contact with her mother.
"This is for Christmas right? So they know what to cook?"
Michelle chuckled and nodded her head.
"Probably so Lola and Abuelo won't have to fight over what to cook."
Isabella hummed in thought, before looking at the camera with a huge grin on her face.
"Pizza, Pepperoni Pizza."
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The twins looked at each other with a huge grin on their faces before they both simultaneously said "pancakes" before giving each other a high-five.
It was silent while they waited for Isabella, who was just smiling at her younger siblings before snapping her head up, realizing that it was her turn.
"Uh... Pepperoni Pizza, yeah."
"Still?"
The oldest Press child shrugged her shoulder and chuckled.
"What can I say? Pizza is basically sent from Heaven."
"What is you favorite instrument to play?"
Isabella walked out of frame and wobbled into the music room, only to come out with a ukulele with her name engraved on it.
"This mini guitar."
"You mean the ukulele?"
Izzy hummed and went back on her seat, before she started strumming.
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Diana tapped on Aquila's hand, signalling for her to say her favorite instrument first, and the eye roll Akie gave her twin sister made everyone in the room laugh.
"Fine, I'll go first. I love the piano ans Di loves playing the drums."
"Yeah, I like hitting stuff."
Isabella shook her head, watching her sisters' banter, before giving Michelle and Christen (who were both behind the camera) a smile.
"The ukulele is cool, it's small so it's easier to bring everywhere."
"What is your favorite book to read?"
"I love books, mommy can I go get my favortie book?"
Michelle gave her daughter a nod, and she took that as a go signal to go and run up to their library.
"Izzy, no running up the stairs please, you might trip."
You could hear a faint "sorry" coming from the second floor of their condominium before you could hear Isabella's light feet pattering on the wooden floorboards before coming back to camera with a paperback copy of The Great Gatsby.
"This is your favorite book?"
"Yeah, it's a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald and it originally caught my interest while we were in the book store because the setting is in New York and we live in New York."
"And because Jay Gatsby is a millionaire."
Isabella leaned her head back and giggled.
"Yes, because Jay is a millionaire and so are we."
Michelle shook her head and chuckled, tickling Isabella's sides before going on to the next question.
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The twins slid down their seats and got the books that they were reading just a few minutes ago before they started filming and showed it to the camera, with Diana going first.
"This is my favorite book so far, it's a book by Sharon M. Draper called Out of Mind, and as you could see, the cover has a fish on it. I haven't finished it yet but it's a great read so far."
"The book I'm reading now is about an African American girl who is growing up in the 1960s and it's about her childhood in South Carolina and New York. The name of the novel is Brown Girl Dreaming and Auntie Quinn gave it to me for my birthday."
"You guys seem to love reading, and novels? You guys are reading novels already?"
They both looked at Michelle confused.
"You're the one who got us into Novels Mommy."
"Yeah, why are you so suprised?"
Michelle shook her head, her only reason of asking that was for them to explain why in the camera, but they got her there. Ignoring the sound of Christen giggling at her, she turned to Isabella and asked the same question.
"Um... I have some Pyschology courses right now so that kinda affected the genre that I'm reading, but as of the moment it's a memoir by Kay Redfield Jamison called An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness."
"What is your favorite toy?"
Since the toy was already beside her, Isabella didn't need to stand and just grabbed the stuffed elephant.
"This is my favortie toy, her name is Jackie."
"Why is his name Jackie?"
"Cause Uncle Micheal gave her to me at one of his concerts."
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The twins went to the play area to get each of their stuffed bears, the one Christen gave them when it was their 2nd birthday. They both showed it to the camera.
"They both go with the pronouns they and them since they haven't really told us their genders, but this one is Clementine, Clay for short."
"And this is Daisy, they liked it when we were at the Daisy field so Daisy is the name they decided to go with."
Michelle grinned and looked at Isabella.
"What's your favorite toy?"
She noticed the look Izzy was giving Paige making her burst out into laughter.
While her wife was basically crying on the floor, Christen looked at everyone confused.
"Wait, what? What's yoir favorite?"
Paige started laighing while Isabella was giving her the look to not say anything.
"Probably the pink one in the dresser back at the apartment, we'll show you when we get home Chris, don't worry."
Michelle started laughing more while Isabella was just pinching the bridge of her nose and Christen nodded her head.
"It's great too because it vibrates."
The twins and Christen gasped, all for different reasons, while Michelle lost it more.
"Oh my goodness, on second thought, don't send me any pictures."
"I want a bear that vibrates too."
"Yeah, why can't Diana and I have a pink bear that vibrates but Isabella can?"
Christen's head snapped at the twins.
"No, you are not getting a vibrating toy any time soon... or ever for that matter. And it would definately not be pink."
"Last but not least, since it's Thanksgiving, what are you grateful for?"
Isabella tilted her head and furrowed her eyebrows in thought, concentrating on what to say.
"I'm thankful for Auntie Gal who cooked breakfast this morning..."
Gal, who was behind the camera aww'd and thanked the 5 year old.
"...Auntie Tana and Auntie for the cookies that were not poisoned and Mommy! For always taking care and loving me every single day."
Michelle pouted and gave her daughter a tight hug, Isabella gladly returning it.
"Thank you for making Mommy happy, little one."
"Always, Mommy."
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"I am thankful for Diana, Mommy, Mama, Izzy, Paige and all our Aunties and Uncles."
"Oh! And Lola, Yeye, Mimi, Grandpa Cody, Auntie Channing and Auntie Tyler."
Isabella smiled at the camera and grinned.
"And all the fannssss who have been supporting us. But specially to out Moms, who gave life to us, Mom and Ma, thank you for giving me my sisters, for your endless support and all the love."
Christen and Michelle smiled and went over to their daughters, pulling them in a group hug.
"Mama and I are also thankful for the three of you. Thank you for bringing the light to our lives."
Aquila, Diana, and Isabella looked at each other with a grin before squeezing their parents lightly.
"Always."
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