The Hoffman Boys

Saturday night, putting the boys to bed a little later than normal, I decided it would be a good idea to change their clock and move it forward 2 hours to see if that would keep them in bed a little later. They normally won't come down until 7am on the dot. They sit and watch the clock. I've heard them in there talking about it. So, I figured they will either just sit and talk for two hours or come down when their clock says 5 anyway because they are used to getting up at that time everyday.

Daddy also discussed with Parker before bed how he needs to start listening better and being sweeter to mommy. One thing that would make mommy happy is if he cleaned his room everyday. In fact, he said, if you happen to get up early in the morning, you can try to do that for her. Parker said he would probably forget by then.

So, at 6:45, of course I'm up because the kids are asleep. Like clockwork, right at 7 I hear the boys coming down. :( But this particular morning, Parker stops on the stairs and says, "I decided we needed to wake up at 5 this morning because our room is really messy and it's gonna take us a while to get it clean. We just can't reach the fan light so can you help us turn it on and we will get started. I know it's not time to get up yet, we just can't see what we are doing." Awww. Now I feel bad. But I went and turned the light on and shut the door. Garrett didn't last long but Parker stayed up there for almost an hour. I finally went and checked on him and his room was spotless! I had a mix of happy/guilty emotions and I gave him a big hug for being so sweet. Somedays I wonder if he loves me with the smart mouth that he has recently acquired but now I know he does. :)