When Toni calls that she's letting the dogs out I grin and call back, "Okay! Straight into the kitchen for breakfast with you when you get back, please!"
Kiki comes in next and I scoop her up when she comes over, kissing her cheek. Her name for me, Nanomma, is fairly recent and I hug her close. "Well, you can have a blueberry breakfast cookie while we wait for the others," I tell her giving her one.
When Iona comes in I do a double-take, shocked. My only response is to go over to her and wrap my arms gently around her, kissing the top of her head. "Good morning, Sweetheart." I'm happy to see that I was right; letting her settle in and make her own choices avoided a lot of confrontation and ended up with her being true to herself.
Willa comes down and automatically starts the kettle and gets the mugs and I smile at her. "Good morning to you, too, Sweetheart."