An Unselfish moment

It has been and will continue to be a very busy week for Ben!  Tonight he had two meetings and it seems like on nights like that things always go berzerk at home!  I tucked Lucy in first and she was hopping mad about it but stayed in her room for at least a half hour.  I then proceeded to work on tucking in Cooper.  He was having none of it either.

Timmy was content playing but I had promised him a game of Backyard Football on the Wii when the other two went down.  I knew at this point his bed time was rapidly approaching.

I am tough about bed times, because my kids do not function well the next day if they don't get enough sleep! Once I finally got Cooper settled down, I went out to get Timmy and tell him we could go play.  But then Lucy came out and she needed me.

I looked at Timmy and told him "I'm sorry buddy, the Wii is not going to happen tonight" and then went on to get Lucy back in bed.  I expected my return to be met with annoyance from Timmy.  Instead he looked at me and said "it's okay mom, I get it."  

We've been working hard on helping Timmy understand that in a family you have to make sacrifices and not always get your way.  Tonight it sank in and it did my heart good!