Sorry

Bobby was coming home from Arkansas. He had been gone 5 days and we all missed him terribly. I told the kids that it would be really nice if they cleaned their rooms before Daddy got home. They agreed and ran off to begin cleaning. After about an hour I went to check on how the cleaning was coming along. As usually happens, the kids got distracted and had begun to play and their rooms were not clean at all. I explained that they were running out of time and that Daddy would be disappointed if he came home and their room was not straightened up. I returned to the family room. About 5 minutes later Max came running in with a piece of paper and a pencil. He said, "There's no way we're going to get our room clean in time. I'm just going to write Daddy an apology."