First Sibling Visit

We were able to meet tonight with the three other siblings of the twins. We were very much looking forward to this, for the girls' sake, and for our own.
We met at a Chuck E. Cheese located between all of the three families. We left Miss A and Little Guy at home with a sweet friend who volunteered for the job last-minute. We wanted this meeting to be about the twins and their siblings, without the added distractions of two extra kids clamoring for attention, pizza, and tokens.
The girls have an older pre-teenaged Big Sister. Right away, we could tell that she was used to playing the role of Mom to the younger ones. She ran up to us when we arrived, hugged the girls, and began talking and playing with them. It was a treat to see how much she doted on them and helped them. I commented to her that she was great with the younger ones, and she nonchalantly, and without any bitterness, replied, "Well, I pretty much raised them. Our mother wasn't much help." She went on to say that she fed them, changed their diapers, and sang and read to them. We chatted about school and friends, enjoying an easy rapport. It was definitely apparent that she was used to being in an adult role, and used to communicating with adults in a mature manner.
Big Sister is placed in a foster home by herself. The other two siblings, whom I will call Bright Eyes and Weebles, are a sister older than the twins and a brother younger than them (respectively). Bright Eyes is almost a twin of Queen Bee (which is so funny, since Sweet Angel and Queen Bee don't look like twins!). Weebles was a cute little guy who enjoyed his food and bumbling along after the rest of the crew.
We hovered near the entrance at first, introducing ourselves and making small talk, before heading to find a table. Although it was packed with birthday party revelers, we were able to use a table being reserved for a later time in the evening, as long as we finished by the appointed time.
The kids loved watching all of the screens playing both Christmas songs and songs involving the Chuck E. Cheese "crew". Gone were the animatronics from back in the old days. There was only one moving Chuck, and the one who roamed around the room giving hugs and high-fives, which completely unnerved Sweet Angel and Bright Eyes, who both jumped into the Man of the House's lap shrieking when he came near. I was not however missing that horrid gorilla, who scared me senseless on the few occasions we went to Chuck E. Cheese.
We played a few games following our meal with the tokens that came with our meal, but there are only so many you can realistically do with two-year-olds.
We were able to chat a little bit with the other foster parents and exchange experiences. They are all very nice people, down-to-earth, and easy to talk to. We learned that Big Sister is understandably taking it pretty hard that she alone is not living with any of her siblings. Imagining her being split up after being the caretaker of all of those little ones for so long is rough. Her foster dad explained it like being an empty nest mother - "Her little babies are gone, and now what does she do? It's almost like her identity has been taken from her."
Please pray for these sweet siblings as they make new lives living separately from each other, and for all others in the same situation.
We made a tentative plan to meet again the first weekend in January for a movie night at one of the other foster homes. A great night is in the works, with a movie room and popcorn machine. We're so happy that tonight happened, that we had the opportunity to allow the kids to spend time together, and are praying for positive relationships to continue to develop all around.