Young Adult Revisited

Before a BSC meeting starts, Claudia gets a call from a brand new client. Mr. Brooke just moved to town with his kids and heard from Mrs. Pike about their club. Since she's the only one free, Stacey takes the job. It turns out that he's a best selling author of mystery novels and needs someone to watch the kids while he can work before his next deadline. Both his kids, Joni and Ewan, are adorable and sweet. Joni explains that their mom was a former model who got a job hosting a news program in Atlanta. Stacey asks if they plan on moving with her later, and Joni gets a little sad because their parents divorced. Though she feels bad, that doesn't stop her from gossiping with the club. Mallory reveals through her mom that Mrs. Brooke stopped working as a model to raise her kids and then left her husband so she could focus on her own career. And this is why some people should never have kids. When Maureen comes by to pick up Stacey, sparks fly between her and M

During a slumber party at Kristy's house, the girls start whining about school coming up and how they'll have to write an essay on what they did that summer. They keep coming up with ideas on what they could write about that actually sounds like fun. Jessi suggests writing about their most vivid memory, which gets everyone excited to start writing. Kristy remembers being 10 and how the sitter her mom hired was a loser. She would constantly call in the morning to say she couldn't make it that night, so her mom would have to ask Mrs. Pike to pick up David Michael and scurry to make everything work. One day, when neither Charlie nor Sam could sit, she agreed to let Kristy do it. Kristy ran home early, made him a snack, made sure he went to the bathroom, and even forbade Mary Anne from coming over. She did such a good job that her mom fired the housekeeper and gave the kids more duties to do around the house. Jessi remembers when they still lived in Jersey and

Abby is fairly happy living in Stoneybrook. Her mom is a little less than happy though because the twins won't unpack their boxes. After stubbing her toe on one, she tells them that they must absolutely finish unpacking right away. They find some tin pans that she once used for desserts when she was a culinary expert that they put around the top of the cabinets in the kitchen. They then find a box filled with stuff of their dad's and not knowing what to do with it, decide to hide it away in the attic. While heading to a sitting job for the Papadakis family, she starts suffering from allergies. It gets so bad by the time she gets to their house that she suggests they play outside to get some relief from the animals. Mold on tree leaves causes her to have an allergy attack. Hannie runs to get help and runs right in front of a car, which causes Abby to have a full on asthma attack. Though she gets her inhaler, she still can't breathe. Kristy, who Hannie ran and got,