Avery desperately wanted to hide away, because she knew that Elliot had not taught Robert to say such a thing. Robert kept mentioning how much his sister liked Avery, and it was obvious that he was inviting Avery to stay the night for Layla's sake.

"Robert, we can invite Mom to come and play during the day, but at night, she will need to go home to sleep." Elliot patted Robert on the head. "Everyone has their own house and needs to go back to their own house to sleep."

Robert looked slightly confused, but said, "Kitties need to go back to kitties' house; doggies need to go back to doggies' house; so Mommy needs to go back to Mommy's house."

Everyone's jaw dropped at the comment.

Avery could not decide if she wanted to chuckle or cry. "Robert, why don't you come to Mommy's place to play next time?"

"I will go if Layla goes."

"You are such a good boy, Robert." Avery was glad that Layla and Robert were getting along so well.

After a while, the children who finished their meals and