Elise has been learning to tell time at school. She has been very excited about it and has wanted to wear her princess watch to school everyday. In fact, the first day she wore it to school she announced the time to me on our entire walk to school. She was staring down at her arm while walking and would say, "It's 8:06 mom. It's still 8:06. Still 8:06, in case you were wondering. Ooooh, it just changed, now it's 8:07!" Yep, time announcements every 10 seconds all the way to school. I made the mistake of telling her the bell to line up rings at 8:10, and so when it rang and her watch still read 8:09, she tried to insist that I fix her watch right then before she got in line to go to class because it was obviously set too slow.
Anyway, you get the picture, we have been a little obsessed with time and what time things happen around here. It really hasn't been a problem until tonight. Chris has meetings starting at 6:30 on Wednesday nights and then plays basketball after that, so I am left with the kiddos to myself for the evening. I usually try to sneak them in bed a little early. Their usual bedtime is 7:30, but when your kids can't tell time anytime can be 7:30. So when I announced at 6:50 that it was time for bed, Elise of course looked up at the clock and let me know in no uncertain terms that as it was not even 7:00 yet it was most definitely not bedtime. Ooops, I guess my beautiful Wednesday evenings all to myself starting a little before 7:30 have unfortunately come to an end.
