Gretchen orders a raspberry hot chocolate and a vanilla one. "That way you can try them both and see which one you like better."

She leads them over to a pair of overstuffed chairs nestled in one corner.

"Aw, man. Moving can be hard. The way Nana Gretchen - my namesake - tells it, she wasn't able to stay in the same place for more than a few months at a time until she was in her 40's. Are your parents in the military?"