a few minutes ago I come upstairs, naively thinking everyone will be asleep.  lights are on in every room.  as I go into L’s room, there’s no one on the sleepover mattress on the floor

me: where is everyone?

[C’s head pops out of the mound of blankets on her bed.  L and Brady both pop up grinning from his bed.]

Brady: the light was really bad down there so I moved in with Lib.

C: Other than going to find shoes tomorrow afternoon, is there anything I have to do tomorrow?

me: [mumbo jumbo about laundry and re-packing for Colorado]

C: [getting to the relevant question]: so I can sleep in tomorrow?

me: yes, you can sleep in.   [to the boys] so when you play in the morning, you have to be quiet so you don’t wake up Clem

L: does that mean we can’t play xbox?

me: you can play xbox as long as your quiet… can you do that?

C: no, they can’t.  but it’s okay.  they can play xbox.