Early Morning Practice.
March 21st, 2008
The time change has been KILLING me! For me, getting up before the kids, has helped us all have a great attitude to start our day. However, we havn’t gotten back to our early morning rhythm.
Before Christmas, I was up, showered, exercised, spent time with God and gotten my head about me before our day began. It was lovely. Hard to do, but worth it 100 times over in the way I approached my day. Our homeschool week this week has been less than smooth and I have had to really be on top of my attitude with the kids. Practice speaking gently, consistently instead of short and snippy.
I love that it is staying light later, but can we just keep it one way all the time, so that Mom’s and Dad’s with kids do not have to take 2 months of reworking things to get back to “normal”? It is different now that our kids are older. Instead of just putting them to bed at 7 we hear “WHAT! That is impossible it is still the middle of the day!”
I am starting a petition! Who is with me?
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4 Comments
Add your own1. Danny | March 21st, 2008 at 12:38 pm
When I was younger I used to be so confused when my mom would be put me to bed and it was still light outside. It was really depressing.
2. kim | March 21st, 2008 at 4:09 pm
I’m with you! Let’s leave it the way it is. Ruby adjusted well to the change but she is still young enough to not tell time!!
3. admin | March 21st, 2008 at 4:47 pm
I remember that feeling too as a kid Danny. I am sure you will be on the other side of the fence once you have kids:-)
Kim - we could move to Penn. I don’t think they participate in Day Light Savings Time.
4. Chen | March 23rd, 2008 at 9:12 am
Hi Amber~
I think you could add Stevenson’s name to your petition!
Bed In Summer
by: Robert Louis Stevenson
In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.
I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree,
Or hear the grown-up people’s feet
Still going past me in the street.
And does it not seem hard to you,
When all the sky is clear and blue,
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?
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