Chloe's Friday
Rachel had a difficult time getting her two sons to go to school on Friday because they knew their cousin was coming over. Her two sons and niece were close and got along wonderfully, even if they were a very loud trio when they got together. Both boys loved Chloe; but as the only girl in the group of four grandchildren she has a special place in everybody's heart or with two of her aunts of her three aunts (including the ex-husband of the third aunt who believed Chloe had stolen her spotlight) anyway and then everyone else. Her brother was right as Rachel did get quite a headache after a few hours with three children under eight years old.
Chloe was neither a girly-girl or tomboy, she could be described as somewhere in between. She didn't like Barbie dolls and preferred blue over pink but she adored stuffed animals. Her room at home was full of them. Her favorite things were Lego blocks, Play-Doh, puzzles, and crayons. When she was with her cousins she liked to play in the dirt and look for bugs with them, one of the reasons that Calleigh had packed so much extra clothes for her. She knew Chloe was going to get dirty and she didn't want Rachel to have to do extra laundry. The three spent the afternoon when Diego got out of school looking for bugs in the yard. all children were covered in dirt from head to toe by dinnertime. Rachel had to give them all before she and Carlos took the three out for dinner at KFC.
Chloe cried for mommy and daddy some at bedtime. Although she was having fun and loved her relatives, now that it was bedtime and the bed or house she was in wasn't her own and mommy and daddy weren't there she was a bit homesick. It was her five-year-old cousin, Diego, not her aunt and uncle who was able to make her feel better. Chloe was going to sleep in Diego's room while Diego stayed in Jose's room for that night. Diego told Chloe he would sleep on the floor in a sleeping bag so she wouldn't be alone.
"Don't worry, Chloe," he said, sitting on the bed next to her. "I'll stay with you. You can wake me up if you're get scared. Can I stay on the floor in my sleeping bag, mami?"
Rachel told him he could.