The rest of the evening passed uneventfully. After I cleaned up from dinner, I took Kevin to the bathroom and then we just watched TV until about 10:00. Then I said to Kevin, “How about we get you ready for bed?”

“Huh, you said I could stay up to eleven if I took a nap,” Kevin said, on the edge of whining.

“I know, and I’ll keep my word, but I was thinking, we could get you ready for bed and then, instead of watching TV we could read a story together.”

Kevin said, “I haven’t done that since I was really little…I guess we could try it.”