Alarming

to think i wondered if i'd have enough material to keep a blog going. ha. with four children five and under, i have an endless supply. fortunately or unfortunately :-)

jack is learning to tell time (on a real clock) and the other day he mentioned wanting an alarm clock. i filed that idea, but then i happened to come across these adorable, simple and cheap(!) alarm clocks at hobby lobby. (don't worry... i did NOT go there with my kids). not only were they cheap and simple, they also came in the requisite colors. yellow for the big boy and what other color is there for his sister (who is also learning to tell time because it's monkey see, monkey do around here)?

anyhow, when i gave jack and maria their new clocks last night you'd have thought they won the lottery. they were SO excited! it was cute. they couldn't wait to go to bed to be awakened in the morning by their new alarm clocks. ever hopeful, i set them to ring at 7:30 a.m.

my hopes were dashed this morning when here comes jack, alarm clock in tow, to the kitchen at 6:37 a.m. "it didn't go off," he said. i explained that it wouldn't ring until 7:30 and we talked about when that would be and where the hands on the clock would be at 7:30. he asked for oatmeal and set his clock on the table to watch it as he ate...

thump, thump, thump, thump... guess who's up now? with alarm clock in tow, here comes maria into the kitchen. "it didn't go off," she says. (can you here my sigh from where you are?) i gave here the same spiel i gave jack, but she was a little more frustrated, i think. "it's broken," she says. "no..." i say. "it WILL go off, when it's time."

oatmeal finished, jack announced he was going back to bed (to wait for the alarm clock to "wake" him) and maria set up to watch her clock as i fixed her some breakfast. while she ate and waited, i got my little boys up and dressed.

tick...tick...tick...

the clocks did eventually go off. as they were set to. unfortunately, though, by that time there was no one left to wake.