Theo nodded as a reply.
"Munchkin, Tina, it's getting late. You guys should be preparing to get to bed,” I reminded them.
Fred walked in at this point as well.
Hearing me, Munchkin got up somewhat reluctantly. "Mom, can we invite Pumpkin to our house tonight?"
I glanced at Theo with some embarrassment, asking for his opinion.
It would be a simple matter for the child to spend the night in our place, and we had an extra room as well. However, the question was, what about Fred?
I saw that Theo was still smiling but was not saying anything, so I understood what
he meant.
I stepped forward and took the initiative to say, "Munchkin, Tina and Uncle have booked a room in the hotel. We can't invite them over on such short notice like this without informing them in advance. It's not polite."
Although society did not have so many dead-set rules now, this was the only excuse I could come up with at this time.
"It's okay, Munchkin. We'll visit your house another day. Dad and I got on a plane
today. It was quite tiring, so we'll rest at the hotel."
Thank goodness, Pumpkin was so understanding and helped me save so much trouble.
"Okay then." Munchkin bowed his head, looking a little disappointed.
"It’s okay, Munchkin. We're going to the dinosaur theme park early tomorrow morning. We'll see each other again then."
"Yeah, you're right!"
"Then you have to rest early tonight." At the mention of the dinosaur park, Munchkin immediately became energetic again.
"I'll see you tomorrow, then." Munchkin waved goodbye with his little hand.
"See you tomorrow, Munchkin. Goodbye, Uncle and Auntie," Tina politely spoke to us.
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