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We had Kayla for the weekend and played really hard. We used to have Kayla over at our house most weekends. Crystal took on a new job last year and has weekends off now so the weekends we've had Kayla have been few and far between. Emma and Seth both get pretty antsy about seeing Kayla if it's been longer than 3 weeks since they've last seen her so we have managed to still get together often. Emma and Seth both refer to Kayla as their sister and I know she feels the same way. I love for her to come and stay at our house because she's old enough to help me out immensely -- it's almost like having a babysitter for the weekend.
This weekend, we went to the mall, played outside in the backyard, built a fire in our new fire bowl, and went to Bullwinkles with the Fox family. Usually, we have friends with kids that same ages as our kids and Kayla doesn't really get a chance to hang out with kids her age. Luckily, when we hang out with the Foxes, Robbie is her age and they are great friends. Both look forward to having the other around. Robbie has to be the only older kid when Kayla isn't around and vice versa. Its a really good fit and it's nice to see Kayla enjoying the time being a kid herself instead of having to help heard the little monsters around all the time.