"Well, there's still Elle and the younger me, so your chasing kids down days might not be over yet." He replied with a smile.

He tilted his head, when she emerged again, gnawing at his thumbnail as if considering, the fit was definitely good, and made her look taller somehow, more like he remembered her looking back before he could reach the countertops, but that was a good thing as far as he was concerned, "Something's missing." He said, "It's good, it looks great, but it doesn't look finished, you know?"

Which was why he waved down the nearest sibling with a furtive and yet still somehow frantic movement of his hand, "Look at this." A gesture to Grace's outfit with his other hand, "What's wrong with this picture? What's missing?"