“But when I picked the keys up there was only one set on the table” Carmen and Sam’s backtracking trip was cut short.

Outside of Tina’s door Adele leaned an ear over the crack just below the door hinge listening in on what was going on in the office.  She heard Tina’s angry voice.

“Stop it!  Obviously you two are incapable of looking after a simple set of keys” for a moment no one spoke the Tina’s voice was heard “Get Sally in here right now.”  The phone was heard being slammed back in its cradle “We’re changing the locks on those doors and the keys will be secured in this office afterhours.  You two will be the only ones allowed access to those keys aside from Jenny and myself, and you will sign for them from me personally.  No one leaves today until this is done.”

Children laughed and played in Paula and Sandra’s half acre size backyard.  There was Sponge Bob Square Pants jumper on one side while a carousel spun on the opposite side of the yard.  An official Olympic sized mat was used for the toddler games which prizes were given out to the winners.  Tina, Helena and Dana were in the kitchen helping Paula serve the fifty-some odd hungry children running around all over the place.

“How do you deal with this chaos?”  Dana felt like she was an old Calgon Detergent commercial.

“One year at a time” Paula smiled as she placed the candle in the birthday cake.  Kit walked in bringing in a tray full of cupcakes.  “Just leave them on the counter Kit.”

“Hoo girl, I don’t know how you keep your cool with all these kids running around” Kit stood next to Dana watched the kids run around the house.

“With one comforting thought” Paula said as her smile grew wider “by the end of the day, they all go parents.”

“Speaking of which” Tina looked around for her family “where are my girls?”

“I see them” Helena said.  Tina turned around and followed her line of sight and Bette holding Angie as they sat on an official Olympic size gym mat that lay in the middle of the well manicured lawn.