Unintended consequences...

So... I didn't think through all the ramifications of my new evening schedule. Such as making my slightly time obsessive oldest child even more so. (Slightly? Since he's been two years old if you tell him that it's a quarter after two when it's actually 2:13, he will correct you. In his world there is no excuse for inaccuracy when it comes to telling time...) Although it will probably be a good thing in the long run to help him learn flexibility. Such as tonight when he had Scouts at 7, but dinner is at 7! Oh my, such a dilemma! It's good for him to learn that the world will not end if he eats a little earlier or a little later. You wouldn't think that three days into a new schedule would be so set in stone, but it is in his mind.

Evie's schedule related trauma is how mean I am that I make her wait to do her homework! I know, how cruel of me. But I think that it's important for children to have a break and let their brains rest after school. Also, if we don't do homework at the set time Evie has a hard time not wandering off with her worksheet, doodling hearts all over it and ultimately losing it all together. But now that she knows homework time is 5 o' clock she asks every. half. hour. if it is homework time. It's getting old.

Lila is the funniest with the new schedule. She is now very fixated on the clock, mostly because of Evie's fixation I think. She has no ability to tell time yet, but now every time I tell her to do anything, from changing her diaper to going to pick up Jake from school, she has to run and check if it's "time o' clock".  Most of the time it is, unless it's bedtime. It never seems to be "time o' clock" for bedtime...