It was 5 – 10 minutes after I have tugged the boys in bed when we heard the “clanging” sound of lego pieces. Somebody must be still playing with his lego pieces! I walked in and found Mr Calvin trying to fix his lego spaceship in the dark! I warned him to stop and went out. Well, I do let the boys take a couple of their favourite toys to bed but they are not allowed to play with the toys until morning.
However, Mr Calvin was so determined to fix his ship before he could sleep that he defied my warning and continued with his lego advenure. The husband went in. *serious stuff* He removed all the lego pieces from Calvin and told him to sit outside of his room since he was not sleeping when told to do so (and disturbed his brother). The guilty boy sat outside the room without a sound, all by himself.
Several minutes passed and we heard Mr Athan crying his room. The cry sounded like he was very very upset. The husband went in and found the boy sitting in his bed crying away, inconsolable. We tried to ask the crying kid why he was so upset but he said nothing. At the end, I asked if he was scared to be sleeping in the room by himself. He nodded and added (in between sobbing) that he was worried that his brother was outside and some bad people would come and get him. This might sound very terrible of me, but I really wanted to laugh then. I found it so cute!
We showed him where his brother was sitting and how his brother could not possibly be taken away by bad people. Eventually he stopped crying. Calvin discipline/time out was over. The two boys went to bed together. Happy to have each other again.
After thought: We probably do not know the real reason why Athan was so upset. He could be telling the truth about his worry for his brother although the husband felt that I could have prompted him to say that…. Anyway, no matter what the real reason was, I believe that the boys have developed a brotherly love for each other (from sharing the same room, doing things together, fighting for the same silly piece of lego, wrestling and playing games). If he were telling the truth, Athan has shown some ability to empathize with his brother. He’s growing up.
Oh well, I do hope very much that the boys will grow up to be best friends/brothers.
On another note, Calvin recently took part in a lego construction competition organised by a toy shop. He build a police station and a plane.  He did not win. He was disappointed, but I think it was a good experience for him.