"Oh, would you?" Daisy asked, looking at him as if he had hung the stars and then presented her with one that he'd kept for her to wear on a chain around her neck. "That would be so helpful. I can come up with a few games on the spot, but I haven't got time to make anything for them the nibble on."
She chewed her lower lip and tried to think what he could pick up that she wouldn't feel bad feeding to the girls. She was easily suckered into giving them sugar because they were so darling, but she did try.
"Maybe a few baskets of strawberries to balance out the sugar? Higher Grounds, the cafe in Helga's Hill, probably won't have a dozen cupcakes of the same kind by this time on a Saturday, but there is always Dunstans? I hate to send you all that way..." When he gestured that he didn't mind, she launched herself at him and kissed quickly but enthusiastically. "Oh, thank you! I'll make it up to you, I promise."