@SpanglyPhil "Hmmm..." She looked around, spotted a perfectly empty cardboard box nearby, and plopped him down into it. "I have a better idea!" She knelt on the ground. "Wanna make a spaceship???"
@SpanglyPete@SpanglyMichael "What can I say? Maybe he just needed a woman's touch." She pretended to flip her hair over her shoulder and then looked around. "Where are the others?"
@SpanglyPete@SpanglyMichael She gave Michael a bright smile. "Atta boy! No more crocodile tears." Then to Philip, and nodded. "Oh yeah, it's definitely from dad!"
@SpanglyPete@SpanglyMichael Lily snorted back a laugh at Peter and enveloped Michael in her arms, swaying back and forth and humming. She tried to soothe him in a sing-songy voice while offering him his bottle. "It's okay... little Mikey... are you hungry?"
@SpanglyMichael@SpanglyPete She about to offer him his bottle, but his sudden cry for their mom shattered her heart and came close gently rub Michael's back. "I know buddy, you're not used to Mom and Dad not being around, huh?"
@SpanglyPete@SpanglyMichael "What? What's up?" She poked her head out of the kitchen with a towel slung over her shoulder and a bottle in one hand, having already anticipated that Michael might be hungry.
@SpanglyPete@SpanglyAgent "OOH TAKE OUT!" Lily jumped on the couch, specifically with the intention of waking and disturbing her little brother and then smiled innocently. "Of course we will."
@SpanglyAgent@SpanglyPete Lily had been ready to respond agreeably to her mother right away, but when Peter answered first, she had to cover her mouth to keep from laughing.