you said what?

it's been a very busy week to say the least; i know it's just wednesday. we had a lovely evening at the temple and nia was gracious enough to stay with the kids a little bit longer while we got some christmas shopping done. little did i know, we had an unexpected surprise waiting for us at home. i walked into the house and nia handed me a bus ticket that mese gave to her and conveniently forgot to give to me-yesterday! i walked right back outside to tell mason and it was already 10:30 at night-but no, we had to make this right and we were going to do it now. so yes, we woke our son up and dragged him out of bed to confront him about the bus ticket he got yesterday. he was not happy, but then neither were we. he cried(partly because he was tired and his parents were drilling him for "the word" he said to the other boys, and partly because he really didn't want to repeat the bad word.) but we promised him we wouldn't get too mad if he just told us what the word was-and he did. i was thinking the worse but it wasn't-it could've been but it wasn't. so, we reassured him that we loved him and that it's always best to do what's right, even if it's hard. lesson learned? we'll have to wait and see. can a 5 year old really govern himself???