She grinned when she saw Nicholas, happily taking him into a hug. She kept it for a while before pulling back and looking at him. "You're happy. Good. Now to put some meat on your bones." She gave him a wink before looking for Joey and pulling him into a hug too.
Once done she smiled at everyone. "Hi, please come in. Make yourself at home." She smiled as Ella started mimicking and going up for hugs to everyone. "That's Ella, she'll have dinner with us and then she has bed." She turned to her daughter then, "get all your attention in now missy and just so everyone knows mommy does not let you stay up longer. No trying that trick."