Last night when I was at the ER with grandma the husband was in charge of putting the kids to sleep. He let Josh stay up late to watch the end of a DVD they had rented. First the husband bargained with/bribed Evan to pretend that Josh had been dutifully put to bed at 9. Then he turned to Josh to make sure that the child who had begged to stay up late was down with the ruse. Josh wanted to know how much he'd get for lying to me, not realizing that his bargain/bribe was the staying up past his bedtime part. The husband fell prey to Josh's abundance of adorable (sucka) and agreed to the same deal he had cut with Evan. They would get ten dollars to say Josh had gone to bed at 9.
During dinner tonight the subject of bed time came up and I (having been filled in by the husband who can not keep a secret ever) asked what time Josh had gone to bed last night. A hush fell over the table. All three boys stared at their laps. Then Evan boldly spoke up and said that he had gone to bed at 9:45. I turned to Josh and asked again what time he had gone to bed. His face lit up a smile spread from cheek to cheek and he announced "I went to bed at 9 o'clock last night!" then he turned to the husband and added "Now you owe me ten bucks!"
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