While Kevin discussed his honeymoon with the boys, Mia showed off the pictures of the beaches and the locations they had visited to the girls and Riley.

"Why is there no snow?" Riley asked as she noticed all the picture of her parents' trip were bright, sunny, and warm days, days Riley hadn't seen for a while. In Panorama City, the weather was still cold and grey.

"On the other side of the world, it's summer," Mia explained and gave her daughter a gentle squeeze. She and Kevin had given Riley their little talk about her being a little more responsible now that she was getting older, and it seemed the lesson had sunk in. As it turned out, getting stabbed with a sword was a great way to teach a child not to play with anything pointed, sharp, or heavy. By the time Kevin and Mia could bring up the matter, Riley already had a speech prepared about how sorry she was, how much the sword had hurt her, and how she had already punished herself by not sleeping with her beloved teddy bear for a full night. She was hoping to get out of trouble and it had worked. Mia and Kevin decided a night without her bear to protect her from the dark, and the pain of the stitches was punishment enough. After all, it seemed she had learned her lesson, and that was all they wanted.

"It's summer?" Riley asked and then shook her head, "No, that's not right."

"Yeah, it is, Riley. Look, this is me and daddy on the beach in our bathing suits."

"You don't look cold," Riley said. "Was it an inside beach?"

"No, we were outside."

"But it's winter. Where's the snow?"

Mia sighed and gave her daughter another squeeze, "Oh, there's no fooling you, sweetheart. You're right, daddy and I were inside. We were at an inside beach."

"I thought so," Riley said and nestled deeper into her mother's arms. Mia looked up at the girls around her and did her best to hold back a little laugh. Her mother put her hands on her shoulders.

"It looks like you two had a lot of fun."

"We did," Mia said with a big smile on her face, "New Zealand was amazing!"

"Thanks for the suggestion, Serena," Serena muttered and rolled her eyes, "And for booking the beautiful room at the hotel. And for getting the concierge to suggest amazing places to go based on a lists of interested that you emailed to him the day before you arrived. We had a wonderful time! How can we ever repay you."

"Yes, Serena, thank you. Kevin and I really do appreciate it," Mia nodded her head and the pointed down the hallway, "That's why we bought you all a little something from New Zealand. To say thank you for everything you guys have done for us for the wedding, and for taking care of Riley while we were gone," Mia looked directly at Lauren when she said that, "Really, thank you."

"Anytime," Lauren smiled back. She still felt guilty for letting Riley get hurt on her watch, but Mia and Kevin had both assured her everything was fine between them, and fortunately Riley would recover completely within a couple of weeks. Lauren counted her blessings and was trying to put the incident behind her. It had been just as much of a learning experience for her as it had been for Riley.

Noa brought over the suitcase reserved only for souvenirs as the boys gathered around. No one had brought it up, not wanting to seem selfish for asking where the presents were hiding, but they were all eager to see what they were getting.

Mia pulled out a very small t-shirt first as Kevin took Terran in his arms.

"Look what we got you, buddy," Kevin took the shirt from Mia and held it up to show Kevin. It was a yellow shirt with the words: My Aunt and Uncle went to New Zealand, and all they got me was this lousy T-shirt.

"Bink bink!" Terran grabbed the shirt and snuggled it to his cheek. Kevin saw the gesture of affection and turned to Serena and James.

"What's a bink bink?"

"That's what he calls his blanket," Serena chuckled and took her son back from Kevin, "He thinks all clothes are blankets. If it means anything, he loves his blanket."

Terran cuddled with his t-shirt so Mia and Kevin assumed that meant he was happy with his souvenir. They weren't quite sure what to get the one-year old, who would never even remember they had left him for a week to be in New Zealand. A souvenir was a bit pointless, but they refused to leave him out.

Mia and Kevin handed out the other gifts while Riley waited patiently for her turn. Her parents had promised her presents and she hoped they hadn't forgotten about her. She would have to wait a little longer, though, as her parents turned back to her aunt Emily and her uncle Mike.

"I couldn't resist," Mia said as she reached into the suitcase and pulled out two stuffed toys for the twins. One of the toys was a little sheep, and the other was a kiwi bird. "I know Serena bought the twins pretty much everything but…"

"You know," Emily smiled and looked up at Mike, "She never bought them a special bear. Blankets, yes, but no cuddly bears."

"Well, that's everything," Kevin closed up the suitcase and tried to conceal a smirk as he glanced quickly to Mia. Riley's eyes widened in a panic. Her parents had abandoned her for a week on the night of her birthday, and they hadn't even brought her back a present. Her eyes started to water and she couldn't look to either of them. Kevin saw the sad look in his daughter's eyes and took her in his arms, "Aw, Mia, I think we forgot something."

Mia's eyes widened in horror. She opened the suitcase again but it was empty.

"Aw, shoot! I think we forgot all of Riley's presents at the hotel."

"I told you to double check we had them," Kevin said and gave Riley a gentle squeeze. "Aw, sorry, kiddo."

"You… you forgetted… my… my presents? You… you… promised…"

"Wait… wait a minute," Mia tapped her chin and smirked, "You know what, I think I have something special for Riley in another bag. The super special present. It might be in the car, let me go see."

Mia got up and walked outside to the car. Kevin carried Riley over the window to watch. Riley prayed her mother hadn't forgotten all her presents and watched very carefully as Mia searched through the car.

It seemed to be a bit of a struggle, but Mia pulled out a suitcase from the trunk and Riley's eyes opened. Kevin let out a sigh.

"I guess we didn't forget all the presents after all. That was a close call."

"I'm getting my presents?" Riley cried happily and could barely contain her excitement. If she could walk on her own, she would have raced outside to help her mother with the bag, but unfortunately she had to wait for Mia to get back inside and sit on the couch. Kevin put his daughter in Mia's lap. Riley was shaking so much from her excitement. "What did you bringed back for me?"

Mia opened the bag just a little bit and stuck her hand inside. She pulled out a bottle with sand, stones, and seashells inside.

"From mine and daddy's very favourite beach."

"I collected all the pink rocks I could find," Kevin said as he pointed out the rocks that had a slight pink shade to them.

Mia reached into the bag again and this time pulled out a dress for Riley, "Oh, daddy and I went shopping one day just for you, and found this perfect dress. Doesn't it look like…"

"Princess dress!" Riley snatched the dress from her mother, "If I wear this and my pink Ranger mask, I can be a Samurai princess!"

"I thought the exact same thing," Mia chuckled and then reached into her bag one more time, "And we got you one more present, all the way from New Zealand."

Mia pulled out a stuffed sheep toy from the bag, one a little bigger than the toy she had bought for Mike and Emily's twins and presented it to Riley. The little girl hugged the sheep tightly and that's when she found out there was a second part to the gift.

"We love you, Riley," a voice from the sheep said. Riley's eyes widened and she squeezed the sheep over and over again.

"Do you like it?" Kevin asked. Riley looked up and nodded her head.

"When are you going back?"

"Not the reaction we were looking for," Mia laughed.