“I’ll see you at dinner, Carrie.” He said as he stuck out his tongue at his mother. She laughed as she swatted at his backside, and he deftly dodged her.
“Are you all set to look after my little monster?” She asked once Kevin was heading down the stairs.
“I think so. He was so cute when he met me, he really tries to act like a grownup. I think we’re going to have a lot of fun.”
“You’re not disappointed about watching a teenager instead of a toddler, are you?”
“Honestly, a little. But this will probably be easier.”
“I was thinking, Kevin doesn’t have too many friends here just yet. We’ve only been here a couple of weeks and he really just knows the kids from gymnastics. I didn’t start him in school when we moved here because it was so late in the year. They high school just gave us some worksheets for him to do so that he’s ready for freshman year in the fall. If you want to take him on a trips to the zoo and to the aquarium, I don’t think he’d object. He loves animals and it would be better than having him stay inside all summer playing on the computer.”
“Cool. I’d like to do that. I was thinking, my family is having a reunion on Cape Cod over the week of the Fourth of July. I wasn’t going to go because of staying with Kevin, but my mom told me to let you know that he’s invited. If you say it’s okay, I’d like to bring him.”
“It sounds fine to me, but we should ask Kevin.”
“Did you say he’s going to be a freshman in the fall? Shouldn’t he be a sophomore?”
“Agewise, yes. But he missed so much school when he was little that he had to repeat kindergarten. It’s odd, he’s always been one of the oldest in his class, but also one of the smallest.”