Daylight Savings

It is the bane of young motherhood. Last year it wrecked havoc on my schedule and made me one grumpy, super-pregers mom with two irritable toddlers.

This year, to my surprise and delight, we have adjusted without any trouble. WHAT?!?!?!

Here's why...our kids go to bed at 8pm--all three of them. They always have. But starting a month or two ago, it felt too late for the boys. With school, soccer, play dates, and spending more than half of every day outside, they started getting grumpy around 7 (right after a big dinner). Audrey too--she was always ready for bed by 7:30.

I wanted to put them down at 7, but I knew they'd start getting up at 6am. I just couldn't face it!

Then Daylight Savings hit.

To my surprise, the problem resolved itself. The evening grumps went away and it only took me a few days to adjust my internal clock--after all, I go to bed earlier too. The daylight-at-bedtime thing is fine because I have blackout curtains in the boys' room.

Weird.

And so it is, for the first time ever, I love Daylight Savings!

Christmas 2011

A very, very late Christmas from our little family!
This picture is from Christmas Eve in Park City, UT. As you can see, the boys were extremely excited, Audrey was a good sport, and we all had a fantastic time!