I ran into one of my friends around 2PM on New Year's Eve. She's an amazing person, a fellow writer and a single mom of two kids.
"Stocking up on goodies for tonight too, eh?" she asked me as she eyed my cart full of chips, chocolate and pop.
"Yep! It's that lovely night where they try to stay up as late as they can. It's wonderful!" I reply with my classic Maven gleeful/sarcastic tone.
My friend looks around and lowers her voice, a huge smile creeping onto her face as she shares her juicy little secret. "Know what I did? Last night, after the kids went to bed, I put all the clocks in the house forward two hours!"
She giggled as my jaw hit the floor. "You didn't!" I exclaimed.
"I did! They think it's almost dinner time!"
I was speechless. What could I do but high-five the amazing woman before me? The goddess of parenting. The diva of child-enhanced holidays. My new freaking idol.
It's such a simple tactic, but so very effective. They'd have to really pay attention to notice the change, right? And who notices those things when they're smack dab in the middle of a two week holiday? Besides, if you get the kids high on sugar they're not going to have the attention span to check the computer's clock. Hence the grocery store trip she made, I suppose. Ingenious.
My only regret was that I had no run into her the day before so I could have had time to do the same thing.
Anyway, I'm off to bed. This post was short and sweet and chock full of juicy parenting savoir-faire!
You're welcome.
"Stocking up on goodies for tonight too, eh?" she asked me as she eyed my cart full of chips, chocolate and pop.
"Yep! It's that lovely night where they try to stay up as late as they can. It's wonderful!" I reply with my classic Maven gleeful/sarcastic tone.
My friend looks around and lowers her voice, a huge smile creeping onto her face as she shares her juicy little secret. "Know what I did? Last night, after the kids went to bed, I put all the clocks in the house forward two hours!"
She giggled as my jaw hit the floor. "You didn't!" I exclaimed.
"I did! They think it's almost dinner time!"
I was speechless. What could I do but high-five the amazing woman before me? The goddess of parenting. The diva of child-enhanced holidays. My new freaking idol.
It's such a simple tactic, but so very effective. They'd have to really pay attention to notice the change, right? And who notices those things when they're smack dab in the middle of a two week holiday? Besides, if you get the kids high on sugar they're not going to have the attention span to check the computer's clock. Hence the grocery store trip she made, I suppose. Ingenious.
My only regret was that I had no run into her the day before so I could have had time to do the same thing.
Anyway, I'm off to bed. This post was short and sweet and chock full of juicy parenting savoir-faire!
You're welcome.