Nick Cannon’s little drumline is in formation this winter season.
Indeed, the Drumline actor shared a sweet photo of his and ex-wife Mariah Carey’s twins, 14-year-old Monroe and Moroccan, spending time with some of their siblings for the holidays.
In his Dec. 1 Instagram post, Nick, 45, posed near a Christmas tree with the teens and his three children with Abby De La Rosa: twins Zion and Zillion, 4, and their little sister Beautiful, 3. The group also took a few photos in front of the fireplace, which was fittingly decorated with lights and a garland.
As the Wild N’ Out star captioned the moment, “Cannon Family Vibes.”
In addition to the five kids he recently enjoyed a festive day with, Nick is also dad to seven more little ones: Golden, 8, Powerful, 4, and Rise, 2, with Brittany Bell; Legendary, 3, with Bre Tiesi; Onyx, 3, with LaNisha Cole; and daughter Halo, 2, with Alyssa Scott. The duo also shared late son Zen, who died in 2021 at 5 months old from brain cancer.
As for Monroe and Moroccan, this isn’t the first time they’ve made memories with their dad this year. In fact, the trio went to California’s Knott’s Scary Farm for Halloween—and true to the spooky gathering, they wore all-black matching outfits.
“Last night was a Thriller. The whole gang pulled up!” Nick wrote in his Oct. 20 Instagram post, including a photo of him smiling with his eldest kids. “These two love scaring the [poop emoji] out of themselves!”
And when the Masked Singer host isn’t carving out special time with his kids, he’s reflecting on his approach to fatherhood. Indeed, Nick hinted that the aftermath of his 2016 divorce from Mariah partly influenced him to expand his family.
“It wasn’t like I was acting out. It was more of being careless, being frivolous with my process because I could do it,” he told The Breakfast Club in September. “Because I had the money and the access to whoever and however I wanted to move. It was like, ‘Yo, I’m gonna just live life and have fun. Whatever happens? I can handle it.’”
But now that it’s been nearly a decade since the split, Nick shared that “things might have been a little different in certain scenarios” had he given himself the time to heal his “inner work.”
Still, he’s grateful to be a father of 12 kids.
“I’ve always said this, every child that I had was made out of love,” he mused. “And there were strong relationships.”
Keep reading for a closer look at Nick’s sprawling family…