"Come on Lynda. Let mommy put your pretty dress on please." Gina begged as Lynda squirmed.
"But I don't want my dress mommy. I wanna wear jeans." the 5 year old told her pulling her arm out of the dress again.
"But I thought you wanted to wear your pretty dress for your first day of school?" Gina asked sitting on the floor.
"I changed my mind. I want my jeans and my blue shirt." she told her folding her arms across her chest.
"Are you sure? You can't call me from school to change into your dress if you change your mind again." she asked looking up at her.
"I won't mommy. I promise. Please." she begged smiling at her.
"OK, but we have to hurry. Daddy's cooking a special first day of school breakfast and Uncle Mark and Aunt Mimi are gonna be up soon." Gina said getting up to get a pair of jeans and a t-shirt.
"Thank you mommy." she said excitedly as she hopped on her bed.
"Yeah, yeah. But we have to hurry, OK." she told her smiling down at her.
"I will mommy." Lynda said smiling up at her.
"Come on my girls, Little Lynda's first day of school birthday breakfast is ready." Roger announced standing in the doorway.
"Sorry Honey, wardrobe change. We'll be out in a minute. Is Mark and Mimi here yet?" Gina asked handing Lynda her jeans.
"No, they should be up in a minute." Roger said entering the bedroom. "Are you ready for your first day of school, my girl?" he asked helping Lynda on with her jeans.
"Yeah, I'm gonna make a lot of friends." she said smiling at him.
"Yes you are." he said pulling the t-shirt over her head.
"Daddy, can I wear my jacket like yours to school?" she asked as Roger tied her sneakers.
"No you can not. Lynda we talked to you about this last night. You don't need a jacket." Gina told her looking at Roger.
"But mommy, I like my jacket like daddy's." she begged smiling at her.
"You heard mommy. No leather jacket." Roger told her picking her up off of the bed.
"I'm gonna strangle Aunt Mimi and Uncle Mark." Gina said smiling up at Roger as they left the room.
"It is a cute jacket Baby." Roger said laughing.
"Yeah, yeah. Where is Aunt Mimi and Uncle Mark anyway? They were supposed to be up here 10 minutes ago." Gina asked going to the phone.
"Where's our big girl?" Mimi called out entering the loft.
"Aunt Mimi." Lynda called out as Roger put her down.
"Hey mi bonita chica. Are you ready for your first day of school?" she asked picking Lynda up.
"Yeah, but mommy won't let me wear my jacket like daddy's you got me." she said as Mimi smiled at Gina.
"Chica, you listen to mommy. It's not a school jacket. But you can wear it when we go to the movies on saturday, OK?" Mimi told her smiling.
"OK. Daddy made breakfast." Lynda told her excitedly struggling to get down.
"Cool." Mimi said following her.
"What took you guys so long?" Gina asked looking up from the table.
"Mimi and I have an announcement to make." Mark said smiling at them.
"Well are you gonna tell us or just stand there filming us all morning?" Roger asked dishing out Lynda's breakfast.
"We're getting married." Mimi told them excitedly as Gina jumped up to hug them.
"That's great you guys. Congratulations." she said as Roger smiled at them.
"It's about time Mark. It's been, what 5 years?" he said teasingly.
"Yeah well, I figured if she hasn't run from my mom and Cindy by now." he said with his arms around her waist.
"She's a braver soul then me. I wouldn't be able to handle Mrs. Cohen this long." Gina told her laughing.
"Yeah well, you got lucky. Your mother in law is cool. Thankfully mine lives in Scarsdale." Mimi told her laughing.
"Yeah, and thankfully she hates the city." Mark said laughing.
"Um guys, remember Lynda's first day of school. She's gonna be late." Roger told them as Lynda ate her breakfast.
"Yeah, I don't wanna be late from school." she said smiling up at them.
"OK shorty. We'll get a move on." Mark said laughing as they sat down and ate their breakfast. When they finished they all got ready to bring Lynda to school and left the loft.
"Mommy, can we go for ice cream after school?" Lynda asked holding Roger's hand as he held her Cinderella back pack in the other hand.
"We'll see baby girl, OK." she told her smiling.
"You don't want to spoil your dinner. Aunt Mimi is making your favorite." Roger said looking down at her.
"Macaroni and cheese with hot dogs?" Lynda asked looking at Mimi.
"That's right chica." Mimi told her with Mark's arm around her.
"Yay, that's the best. Thank you Aunt Mimi." she said smiling up at her with wide green eyes.
"Anything for my bonita chica." she said smiling at her.
"So when's the wedding?" Gina asked as Roger held her hand.
"We haven't decided yet. Will you help me plan it?" Mimi asked looking at Gina.
"Mimi, we got married in city hall. What do I know about planning a wedding. You did more planning for our wedding than we did." Gina told her laughing.
"Chica, you have to help me. Otherwise our wedding is gonna be a fiasco. You know how Adina could be. Please chica." Mimi begged as Roger laughed.
"OK, OK, I'll help." she said as they approached the school.
"Thank you so much. You are a life saver." she told her excitedly.
"Here we are baby girl. Are you ready?" Gina asked looking down at Lynda.
"Yeah mommy, I'm ready." she told her seeing all of the kids and parents in the school yard.
"You be good OK. Remember I love you and I am so proud of you." Roger said kneeling down in front of her as he put her Cinderella back pack on her.
"I love you too daddy. Are you gonna come with mommy to pick me up?" she asked hugging him.
"No princess, I have to work. But I love you and I want to hear all about your first day when I get home, OK?" he told her pushing her long blond hair behind her ears.
"OK daddy." she said looking at Gina who had knelt down next to Roger.
"You are gonna do great sweetie, OK. Just be good and be friendly. I love you." she said hugging her.
"I will mommy. I promise. I love you too." she said smiling at her as Mimi and Mark had similar conversations with her.
"We love you baby. Have a nice day." Gina said holding back tears as Lynda walked into the school.
"She's getting so big." Roger said with his arm around Gina's waist.
"Yeah she is. Kids tend to do that." she told him half laughing, half crying.
"She's gonna do great, you know." he told her bringing her into an embrace.
"I know. I'm just gonna miss having her around all day." she told him wiping her eyes.
"I know Baby. Come on, let's go. We can't stand here in front of the school all day." he said kissing her head.
"You're right. I can't keep her little forever." she said smiling at him.
"Unfortunately, no we can't." he told her kissing her before they all left the school to walk Roger to work.