I walked into the kids room and Jane stopped bouncing on the bed. She put on her saddest face, hung her head and in a voice of woe and despair she said:
“Mom. Here is the truth. I got distracted by playing with Clara because I’m in the habit of playing with Clara and then I forgot about my work and now I’m not going to have time to do the fun things.”
No worries, this is just Jane pretending to be sad after hanging her stocking on Christmas Eve.
I nodded sympathetically and gave her a hug, it was the truth.
Behind the Willows 
a valuable lesson learnt?
Yup, sad but true!
The original, ‘pay for play’ concept. 🙂
Lol, it’s tough being a kid!