the order of things

Titus came to me the other morning and said, “Hey mom, Gideon was crying and then I punched him and then we were just playing around.”

Well, "ok" I thought, they are playing, they like to box each other.

Then later it occurred to me that if I reversed the order of his version of the events it makes a bit more sense..."we were playing, then I punched Gideon, then he was crying."