A bad decision!

Have you ever been so mad that you want to hit something? That is how I felt today! Brandon found a good deal on a pool table so we decided we would get it for the kids for Christmas. We had it delivered and set it up and then put up a door at the top of the stairs so that the kids could not go down to the basement. The door did not have a lock so I decided to buy a new door knob with a key lock. Well, after trying a few different doorknobs that would not work in the door I gave up and we just let the kids know the basement was off limits. Two weeks have gone by since we got the table and there have not even been any attempts by the kids to go downstairs until.......I left the kids home alone for 15 minutes this morning (I know, bad mom award)and while I was gone Mitch decided he needed to get an x-box game. He said he tried to go down with his eyes closed but they opened and he saw the pool table. UGGGGG !!! We have really been trying to teach the kids the difference between making right and wrong choices. But I don't think it's working because he obviously made the wrong choice by going downstairs and trying to get Ali to go with him (we still aren't sure if she actually went all the way down or not). The most frustrating part is that Christmas is only 2 days away. They went so long without going into the basement,, 2 days left they could have made it if it weren't for that darn x-box that he hasn't even played for the last 2 months and all of a sudden...!!!! Then of course I feel bad because I gave up on finding the right doorknob, if I would have just kept trying we would have found one that worked and this would not have happened!!UGGGG!!!I said to B, I guess it's really my fault because I should have found the right lock, and he said " "this is not your fault, we have been trying to teach Mitch about making right choices and he chose to something that he knew was not right. Brandon did thank Mitch for telling us the truth when we asked him if he went down and what he saw!
Hopefully, the kids will still be excited when they actually get to go downstairs Christmas Morning and play pool but until then, even though one of them knows what is down there, the basement is still off limits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!