A/N: Thank you again to the anonymous reviews; I appreciate them all. I'm so glad you're still reading my story. If you sent a signed review, then I already sent you a review reply. :D Also, thank you to everybody who watched the trailer; I'm glad you liked it and took the time to watch it. Anyway, here's the next chapter; enjoy :)


~ Chapter 9 ~

~~ Boys' Day Out ~~

Toby, Ezra, Caleb

"Uncle Toby, my mittens look weird!" Molly whined, holding her turquoise mittens out. The three men and five kids were in Aria's and Ezra's garage connected to the side of the house, dressing the kids to play in the snow. It was turning out to be more of a project than they had originally anticipated.

Toby looked up from where he was putting Tyler's snowboots on, and looked at Molly's mittens. He chuckled when he saw what the problem was. "You have to the same ones," he told her, pointing it out to her so that she understood. "Here, switch one with your sister."

"Oh," Molly said, feeling better.

Toby smiled at her and stroked her ponytail. He looked around the four year old to her twin sister. "Molly, switch one of your mittens with Kenzie. You have them mixed up," he called to the other girl.

"I Molly," Molly corrected him, right in front of him, giggling.

"I Kenzie," Mackenzie added, walking over.

"Ugh, I'm sorry," Toby laughed off his mistake, playfully pinching each girl's cheek. "You both look the same, it's hard to tell you apart."

Molly and Mackenzie giggled again. They always laughed when someone couldn't tell them apart. Then, they helped each other to put their mittens on. They wore matching snowsuits; turquoise overralls and jackets with white fur-lined hoods, and white snowflakes all over the pants and jackets. The girls also wore matching white snowboots.

Toby turned back to his son, who still one and a half boots on. Tyler sat on the concrete floor in his navy blue overralls, leaning back on his hands with his legs sprawled out in front of him. "You didn't put your foot in yet?" Toby joked with him.

"I did," Tyler insisted, though half his foot hung out of the boot that was on its' side.

"You did? Then, how come I can still see your foot," Toby questioned him, reaching out to tickle Tyler on his belly. Tyler laughed and squealed, falling backward. Toby caught him before he could crack his head against the floor. "Ok, put your boot on or you can't go outside in the snow."

Tyler gasped and shoved his foot all the way into his boot, his nylon snowsuit rubbing together as he moved. He sat patiently as his daddy tied his boot, and then he jumped up to get his matching navy blue coat with a lighter blue stripe on the front.

Just a few feet away, Caleb was dressing Leslie in her light pink Minnie Mouse snowsuit. He was adjusting the straps of her overralls, so that it fit better, much to Lesle's dismay. "Daddy, all done," she told him, trying to pull away and almost toppled over in her almost too heavy boots.

"Hold on, princess, I just want to make sure your straps don't fall down when you're playing," Caleb explained to her, chuckling. Leslie just looked up at him, not completely knowing what he was saying but just knowing that he didn't let go.

"Ok, all done," Caleb said, after another second. "Let's get your coat on now." He picked up her matching coat, and held it open for her to slip her arms into.

Leslie moved a little closer to put her coat on, taking a small step forward. However, she wasn't too used to walking in her snowboots, so she stumbled instead. She fell into Caleb and since he had been balancing on the balls of his feet, he fell down, too, with Leslie on top of him. Leslie laughed and giggled when she fell on her daddy.

Caleb gasped, playfully. "You pushed me down!" he feigned surprise.

"Yeah!" Leslie exclaimed. Her smile was so big and it melted Caleb's heart.

Caleb gasped again, and grabbed a hold of her and started tickling her. Leslie squealed again in delight. They played for a couple more minutes, then Caleb stood back up on his feet and placed Leslie on her feet, too. "Ok, don't push me down again," Caleb warned her, teasingly, holding out her coat again.

"Okay," Leslie giggled. She slipped into her coat, letting her daddy zip it up. Caleb slid her pink hat over head, making sure it covered her ears. He tucked her braid into her coat, and then pulled her hood up, zipping her coat up all the way. Lastly, Caleb helped her put her mittens on.

By that time, Molly and Mackenzie had sidled up next to them. "Leslie, look, we all have mittens!" Mackenzie told her, as she and her sister held out their mitten-clad hands to their little friend.

Leslie gaped at the two older girls. "Wow," she finally let out.

"Mittens are better than gloves," Molly added, looking pointedly over at Tyler and Liam, who had gloves instead of mittens. "They keep your fingers toasty-warm." Mackenzie nodded, agreeing with her sister, and then Leslie bobbed her head a few seconds later. Caleb chuckled at the girls' interaction.

A loud electronical beep sounded from across the garage, and Liam let out a frustrated groan. "Oh, c'mon!" he exclaimed. Liam was perched on a couple of boxes in his green camo snowpants, green hat, and green open coat. His head was bent as he played his DS game. Ezra was kneeling in front of him, attempting to zipper Liam's coat but it had gotten stuck on the fabric.

"Liam, c'mon, put your game away. We're about to go outside," Ezra instructed, concentrating on the zipper.

"No, we're not. You're still zipping my coat," Liam pointed out, still with his head in his game.

"Well, we're about to go out," Ezra replied. Then, emphasizing his point, the zipper became unstuck and Ezra zippered up his son's coat. "Ah-ha, see, I think we're ready now." He patted Liam's shoulder, encouraging him to get up while looking around at the others. The other kids were all bascially dressed, ready to go outside. Toby was just finishing up putting Tyler's hat and gloves on.

"Hold on, I'm almost to level 10," Liam said, still very much into the game, his fingers moving aptly on the controls.

"Ok, you can sit there and finish your game," Ezra began saying, walking to the door leading to the backyard, knowing this was going to work to get Liam up. "The rest of us will go outside and play in the snow."

Ezra was right. Liam gasped, fumbled to turn his game off, placed it down on the box he was sitting on, and jumped up. The six year old pulled his gloves out of his pockets and pulled them on as he ran for the door.

Everybody was dressed in their snow gear, and filed out the back door of the garage in a single line, the children going first. They stepped outside, their boots crunching in the snow, and the children stopped and stared at the winter wonderland in front of them. Glittery white snow covered the backyard in piles and drifts, covering the trampoline and the swing set. The kids snapped out of their hypnotic reverie, running into the fluffy goodness.

Of course, Leslie followed the other kids, mostly Molly and Mackenzie. However, she took a couple steps out into the snow and fell right into the snow. She didn't cry, but the fall did startle her and she sat in the snow, wondering what happened.

"What happened? Did you fall in the snow?" Caleb asked her, chuckling, trudging over to her in the snow.

Leslie looked up at him through her hood, then bobbed her head. "Yeah," she answered, smiling. Then, catching her daddy off-guard, she swiped at the snow, causing it to sprinkle in Caleb's direction.

Caleb gaped at her. Leslie laughed and ducked when Caleb tossed some snow at her. She was just reaching to pull her daddy into the snow, when her attention was diverted to something else.

"Leslie, come over here!" Molly called over to her. "We making snow angels!" Both her and Mackenzie were laying in the snow a few feet away, moving their arms and legs back and forth in synchronosity, making the traditional snow angel.

Leslie looked over at them, and then attempted to make her away over to the girls. She fell a couple more times, but her perseverence kept her going until she was standing over the twins. She stared down at them in wonder, trying to figure out what they were doing.

"C'mon, Lessy, do what we do," Mackenzie told her, waving her hand at her. Then, she continued making her snow angel.

Leslie still wasn't too sure of what they were doing, but she didn't care. She plopped down in the snow, and began to copy Molly's and Mackenzie's movements. Except that Leslie didn't like the feeling of her head in the snow, so she lifted her head up and just moved her arms and legs in erractic movements. The guys laughed as Leslie mimicked Molly and Mackenzie. The two year old stopped before the twins did, sitting up and starting to bury her legs in the snow.

"Can we go sledding?" Liam asked, pulling a blue sled behind him by the rope. Tyler was also behind the older boy, having a bit more difficulty with the red sled he was trying to pull. The sled came over a small hill, sliding downward and knocked Tyler off his feet. The little boy fell backward onto the sled and the added momentum caused the sled to slide forward a couple more feet.

"You okay, Ty?" Toby asked his son, in between his laughter. Tyler just looked up at him, pushing his hat out of his eyes.

Ezra told Liam yes to his question, and Liam was thrilled. "Tyler, you wanna race? Boys against girls?" Liam asked the three year old.

"Yeah!" Tyler agreed, jumping up and down. When Liam turned around, Tyler climbed onto the red sled and sat down, holding on to the rope.

"Hey, girls!" Liam yelled over to the three girls. "Let's race!" Then, he turned back around and saw Tyler. "Tyler, no, we're on the blue one."

Tyler climbed onto the correct sled, and the girls trudged over, Leslie commenting that they were going for a ride. Molly and Mackenzie sat on the sled excitedly, holding onto Leslie in the middle. Liam gave instructions to the dads, telling them each their jobs. Toby was pulling the boys' sled and Caleb was pulling the girls' sled. Ezra was being the ref, and Liam told him to make sure that the boys don't lose. They rode sleds for about fifteen to twenty minutes, until the girls accused Liam of cheating and wanted to play something else. Caleb took the girls to the front yard to build a snowman, and Toby and Ezra stayed in the back with the boys.

Suddenly, a snowball thwapped Ezra on the shoulder and snow sprinkled against Toby. They both turned toward their sons, who were both smiling michieviously.

"Snowball fight!" Liam shouted.

"Snowball fight!" Tyler repeated.

The young boys threw a couple more snowballs, or just snow in Tyler's case, until they became overwhelmed with the amount snowballs their dads were throwing at them. "To the fort!" Liam shouted, to Tyler. He turned and ran for the swingset. Tyler threw one last handful of snow, then ran to catch up with Liam. Toby caught Tyler in his arms when the toddler was halfway to the swingset, and the pair fell into the snow, laughing. Liam made it to the swingset, starting to clunk up the slide in his heavy boots. It was more difficult than it usually was, because he kept slipping. Ezra caught up to him, grabbed Liam's ankle, and pulled him down the slide. However, the iciness of the slide and the nylon of Liam's snow suit caused him to slide down a lot faster and crash into Ezra. They both went tumbling into the snow.

Out in the front yard, the snowman-building was slow-going. Molly and Mackenzie were more interested in decorating the snowman than actually building it, so they were gathering together rocks, sticks, and other stuff. Caleb sat in one spot, doing the actual building of the snowman. Leslie sat next to him, adding snow to it at different intervals. That is, when she wasn't accidently knocking into the snowman when she was moving around.

"Done, daddy?" Leslie asked, for the umpteenth time. She leaned up on her knees, patted some snow on the body, then sat back down. She dusted off her mittens, getting little snow flurries in her face.

"Not yet," Caleb told her, rolling snow up in a ball. "We still have to put the head on." When the head was big enough, he picked it up carefully and placed it on the snowman's body.

"Ta-da!" Leslie exclaimed, throwing out her arms. Caleb laughed good-heartedly at her.

"No, Lessy, we hafta give him a face first," Kenzie told the younger girl, as she and her sister came walking back up with their supplies in their hands. They started to put the face on together and the hat and scarf. Leslie just watched in wonder.

Then, the two boys came charging around the side of the house to the front, Toby and Ezra right behind them. Molly and Mackenzie saw them coming and went to defend their snowman. "Stop!" they both yelled in unison. "Don't hurt our snowman!"

Liam and Tyler came to a sudden stop in front of the twins. Tyler had to much momentum when he stopped that he fell forward on his face, but he got back up without a fuss. "We're not gonna do nothing," Liam said to the girls. "We wanna help."

"Oh," Molly said. The kids worked together to finish the snowman, almost not needing adult help. They were so proud of the finished product that Toby, Ezra, and Caleb decided to take a picture of the kids with the snowman, and send the photo to their counterparts. Emily, Spencer, Aria, and Hanna would love to see how much fun the kids were having.

Taking the picture, on the other hand, was easier said than done. Once one kid was lined up, another one had a problem. This one doesn't want to stand next to this one, that one is leaning on someone. This one's feet is cold, that one isn't standing still. But they did get the picture, with all of the kids smiling big and happily. It was a snow day to remember.

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At lunchtime, Caleb, Ezra, and Toby brought the kids inside to eat. It was all a bit hectic, taking all the snow clothes off and sending the kids inside when they were done. Liam was the first one done, and, being the oldest, he was charge of sheperding the younger ones inside the house and making sure they don't get into anything. Liam was having a little difficulty with his job, while the guys were laying out the snow clothes so that they could dry. Tyler was really the only one listening to the six year old. Leslie wouldn't go inside without Caleb, and Molly and Mackenzie were waiting for Leslie to go inside. Eventually, Liam gave up on the girls and just took Tyler inside.

Soon, everybody was inside the house. The kids were sitting around the table, awaiting their grilled cheese sandwiches. Liam had brought his pokemon cards out of his room and was showing them to Tyler. Molly and Mackenzie were playing a hand-clapping game, and Leslie was watching them quietly, playing with her bottom lip.

After a couple minutes, the sandwiches were delivered to the children. "Here's your sandwich," Ezra said to Liam. "Move your cards out of the way before they get dirty." He helped Liam push the cards off to the side so that there was room for his plate.

Caleb set down Leslie's plate, then the twins' plates. "Ok, one sandwich for Kenzie, cut into rectangles, and one for Molly, no crust and cut into triangles," he announced to the girls.

Molly and Kenzie looked at the plates, then each other, and giggled.

Caleb looked between them, his hands on his hips, smiling. "What?" he asked them.

The twins were still giggling. Then, the one on Leslie's left, said, "I not Kenzie. I'm Molly." At the same time, the one on Leslie's right replied, "I'm Kenzie." Then, they passed each other the correct plates.

Caleb laughed, shaking his head. He looked down at his two year old, who had been watching the interaction. "They're so confusing. Can you tell them apart?" he asked her, jokingly.

Leslie smiled, nodding. "Mollee, Kenzee," the toddler told her daddy, pointing to the correct girl in turn. Caleb gaped at her and tickled her.

"Daddy, cheese allll gooey!" Tyler complained, as he held one of his four triangle sandwich slices and looked at the cheese getting all over his hand.

Toby came around the table to assess his son's mess. "Aw, buddy, what did you do?" he questioned the three, almost four, year old. Then, he saw that Tyler was squeezing the sandwich in his fist as he ate.

"Eating," Tyler answered.

Toby chuckled, ruffling Tyler's hair. "I know you're eating. Don't squeeze your sandwich so hard when you're eating," Toby told him. He wiped the cheese from Tyler's hands, even as the toddler was fighting with him trying to finish his lunch. "Why are you so messy when you eat?" Toby muttered, not really expecting an answer.

Tyler grinned up at him, cheekily.

"He's messy, because he's still little and doesn't really know how to eat," Liam answered for the younger boy.

"Oh, yeah?" Toby laughed.

"Yeah," Liam nodded, putting the last piece of his grilled cheese in his mouth. He turned to his own dad. "I'm still hungry. I wanna another one." Liam held out his plate.

"Another one?" Ezra repeated, his eyebrows raised in surprise. He walked over, reaching for Liam's plate. "Are you sure you're going to eat it?"

"Uh-huh," Liam insisted, reaching for his drink. He lifted his small mug of hot chocolate carefully and brought it to his lips. He blew on it to cool it off, watching as he blew a little too hard and a tiny marshmellow almost leaped out of the mug. Liam cackled, "'Whoa, did you see that?"

"Yes, I did," Ezra smiled at his son, taking Liam's plate. He rubbed Liam's back. "Be careful, though." Ezra turned around, and moved to the kitchen counter to make Liam another sandwich.

Caleb noticed that Leslie was barely picking at her grilled cheese sandwich, so he knelt down beside her chair. "What's the matter, princess?" he asked, his hand going to rest at the nape of her neck. "Why aren't you eating?"

Leslie turned toward him, pulling her bottom lip into her mouth with her thumb and forefinger. "Where mommy?" she asked, quietly.

"Mommy is out shopping, helping Aunt Aria find a pretty dress for the wedding," Caleb explained to her, soothingly. He stroked her back slowly, back and forth.

"Mommy come back?" Leslie asked again, this time more whimpery.

"Yeah, mommy will come back after your nap," Caleb reassured her.

"Noooo, mommy come now!" Leslie whined, her eyes starting to glisten with unshed tears.

"Shhhhh, mommy can't come back right now," Caleb murmured to her, pulling her into his arms. Before she could cry harder, Caleb added, "How about you finish your lunch, and then we'll call mommy on the phone and you can talk to her. Ok?"

Leslie nodded sadly. Caleb sat her back in her chair. "Now, show me what a big girl you are and eat all of your lunch," he said, trying to cheer her up. Leslie's smile started off slow, then she picked up her sandwich and took a big bite. She smiled and chewed, looking at her daddy. Caleb grinned back at her, kissing her forehead. "That's my girl," he whispered to her.

After lunch, the kids were going in almost all different directions. Caleb took Leslie into another room to talk to Hanna on the phone. Molly and Mackenzie slid out of their chairs at the table, saying they wanted to watch cartoons and play with the toys they had brought in their bags. Ezra was cleaning off the table when the girls got down.

"Here, don't forget your hot chocolates," Ezra reminded them, holding out their plastic cups with lids and curly straws (one pink, one purple). "This stuff is too good to waste." He smiled at the twin girls.

Molly and Mackenzie looked at each other again, and giggled. Ezra looked at them curiously. The girls giggled again, and reached for the opposite cup than the one they were handed. "Thank you," the twins told Ezra, together.

They walked away, heading to the living room and picking up their backpacks along the way. "How come nobody can tell us apart?" Molly whispered to her sister, leaning into Kenzie's ear.

"I dunno," Mackenzie whispered back in Molly's ear. "Mommy's right. We wear our bracelets next time." The girls nodded in agreement, disappearing into the living room.

Ezra was laughing to himself. "I wonder if they planned the mix-ups or if they just happened that way?" he wondered out loud to the closet person to him. Toby.

"Emily said that they never take off their name bracelets, and I don't see them wearing them," Toby replied, also laughing. "I just wonder who's idea it was not to wear the bracelets; theirs or Emily's." The boys laughed at the possible joke that was played on them.

Then, Ezra's attention was pulled at the sound of the languid sigh behind him and he was reminded of the small shadow that had been following him around as he cleaned up the kitchen. He turned toward his son.

"Can I go back outside now?" Liam asked, sounding very bored. He leaned up against the counter, over exaggerating his boredom.

"Are you sure you don't want to take a rest first?" Ezra suggested, knowing he himself was exhausted after the playtime in the snow. "The little ones are going to down for a nap-"

"NO NAP!" Tyler exploded, from his perch at the kitchen table. He had been playing with his dinosaur sippy cup, but now everybody had his full attention. "No nap!"

Liam groaned, slumping more against the counter, and Ezra motioned to him not to mention 'outside' again. Toby knelt down in front of Tyler. The little boy started drinking his hot chocolate again.

"Ty, it's naptime. You have to take a nap," Toby explained to him. "I think you're tired. You had a lot of fun today, you need to take rest."

"Nooooooo!" Tyler whined, the sippy cup slipping out of his mouth and it left a trail of hot chocolate down his chin.

Toby tilted his head, giving his son a stern but gentle look. "Don't make me call mommy and tell you're not listening," he warned the toddler.

Tyler still pouted and whined, but he didn't argue. He fell into Toby's arms limply, his little arms going around Toby's neck. Toby picked Tyler up from his chair. Tyler's head fell against his daddy's shoulder, giving in to his tiredness. Toby bounced him lightly.

"Do you want to sleep in Liam's room?" Toby asked him, looking down at the boy. Tyler nodded enthusiastically, despite his tired stance.

"Liam will lay with you and you can watch his new Despicable Me 2 movie," Ezra added. Toby gasped surprisingly, encouraging Tyler even more to go for a nap and saying how the little boy loved the minions in the movie.

"Huh?" Liam gasped, his mouth dropping open as he stared at Ezra. Ezra shushed him, leading Liam to the staircase with Toby and Tyler. It was Liam's turn to pout and he was about to stomp his foot when Ezra nudged him and gave him a wink, silently telling him that he'll take him back outside after the little ones fell asleep. After that, Liam was more pleasant and helpful.

The little boys laid down in Liam's room to watch Despicable Me 2 and those funny little yellow minions. Tyler was asleep in about fifteen minutes. The girls didn't want to sleep with the boys, so the dads settled them down in the living room with pillows and blankets. It was a little difficult to get Leslie to lie down, but Molly and Kenzie said they'll lie with her. Leslie was also okay as long as Caleb sat in the same room with her. They watched Beauty and The Beast that they had been lucky enough to find playing on cable. The girls were mostly quietly, only whispering occasionally to each other. They fell asleep right as Belle and the beast were falling in love. Ezra took Liam back out in the snow shortly after the other kids fell asleep, and they had a fun time jumping on the trampoline and laughing as the snow flew up in the air and on them. The day couldn't have gotten any better.

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The kids slept for about two hours. Liam had come in after a half hour, having gotten too cold, and now he and Ezra sat on the floor in the den playing checkers. As the other kids started waking up, they began filtering into the den. It was around this time that Emily, Maya, Spencer, Aria, Hanna, and Alison arrived at the house, done from their day of shopping. Aria swept through the door and up the stairs, wanting to keep the groom's eyes off her wedding dress.

Leslie was the first one to greet them. She slid down from Caleb's lap and ran forward. "Mommy!" she exclaimed, holding out her arms wide. Hanna had just enough time to set Hailey down and catch Leslie as she launched herself into Hanna's arms.

"Did you have fun with daddy and the other kids?" Hanna asked Leslie, adjusting her in her arms.

Leslie nodded, her index finger in her mouth. She glanced once back at Caleb, who was strolling toward them, then back at Hanna.

"Is that your snowman outside?" Hanna asked, smiling at the two year old, bouncing her two times.

"Nooo," Leslie shook her head, her braid whipping back and forth. "Dat Mollee and Kenzee." Hanna nodded in understanding, still smiling.

"You helped with the snowman, too," Caleb reminded her, as he finally approached them. He casually bent down and just gave Hailey a stroke on the head since she was sleeping. Then, he tickled Leslie. "And you almost made daddy into a snowman."

Leslie laughed and squirmed, trying to get away from Caleb tickling fingers. "I push you in snow!" she exclaimed, which only made him tickle her more and then kiss her on the cheek.

"I knew you'd have fun," Hanna murmured, nuzzling Leslie's cheek before planting a kiss there. Leslie smiled, laying her head on Hanna's shoulder. "Any problems?" she addressed Caleb.

Caleb ran his hand down Leslie's hair, looking at Hanna and giving her a tender kiss on the lips. "Just a little difficulty at naptime, but it wasn't that big of a deal," he explained to her. They shard a look and Caleb tried to communicate to Hanna to get Leslie help, but Hanna only cuddled Leslie closer, rocking her.

Aria came back down the stairs after putting her dress away, with Liam and Tyler trailing behind her. Liam was trying to find out what she was hiding. Aria told him it was her wedding dress, and was trying to get him to understand that he can't tell Ezra where it is. She stepped down off the staircase, averting Tyler who ran past her to greet his mommy, right into Ezra's arms. They shared a quick peck on the lips and a brush of their noses, grinning.

"So,...that big garment bag you rushed upstairs..." Ezra began, his smile widening. "That wouldn't happened to be the dress, would it?" He settled his arms around her small waist and she did the same to him.

"Maybe..." Aria giggled, still on the high of getting her wedding dress. "And don't even think about getting Liam to tell you where it is." She warned him with a laugh.

"I wouldn't even think about using him like that," Ezra assured her, getting closer. "I want to keep the idea of seeing you walking down the aisle toward me in a beautiful gown a surprise until that day we say I do," he whispered the words to her, her lips only an inch apart.

"I can't wait," Aria whispered back, smiling. They kissed passionately, folding into each other's arms perfectly.

Meanwhile, Tyler was chatting on and on about the fun day in the snow he had. Spencer sat down on the couch with him, as Toby leaned on the armrest next to her getting reaquainted with Eliza.

"Daddy pull us fast and we win! We fro snow and run fast and make a snowman!" Tyler retold the whole entire day, enthusiastically. "And we watch 'espicable Me 2! Bee doe, Bee doe, Bee doe!" The toddler mimicked his favorite part from the movie.

"Oh, wow, that was a fun day," Spencer commented, ruffling his hair and kissing his temple. She smiled up at Toby.

"Yeah," Tyler nodded. He turned toward his baby sister in Toby's arms. "I wish Lizzie can play in it."

"Awww, that's sweet of you," Spencer said, squeezing him in an one-armed hug. "But she's too little to play out in the snow, Lizzie doesn't know how to walk yet."

"Oh," Tyler replied, watching his sister put her hand in her mouth. He laughed out loud, pointing at her. Spencer and Toby looked down at the baby, chuckling with Tyler.

"And mommy is too overprotective anyway," Toby added, jokingly. Spencer gaped at him, though she was smiling, too. He leaned down toward her, and, just before their lips met, he said, "I still love you, though." Spencer grinned, murmured 'I love you too' back to him, and they kissed softly and sweetly.

"And the best part of the day was..." Mackenzie was saying, excitedly, to her mommies. The twins stood next each other, across from Emily and Maya, getting excited to tell the best part of the day.

"...was that no one can tell us apart!" Molly finished, just as excitedly as her sister.

"Really? No one?" Emily gasped, looking up and around the room. Ezra, Toby, and Caleb nodded in unison, regrettably acknowledging the twins' truth. "I told you, you should have worn your bracelets."

"Yeah, you right," Mackenzie agreed. The girls moved in to hug both Emily and Maya at the same time. "Only you and mommy know who we are." The family of four laughed, joining everybody else in, too.

All the friends stayed for dinner at Aria's and Ezra's house, talking and laughing together. When it was time to leave, the kids didn't want to go, but they were all too tired to put up much of a fight. Another day done, another memory saved.


A/N: How was it? This was a nice long chapter to make up keeping you all waiting. I hope you enjoyed this nice fluffly chapter, because things going to tense up more in these next coming chapters. Will they all make it through in one piece? Please review and tell me your thoughts.