We have a standing rule in our house that hardly ever gets followed. It’s caled the “6:30 rule” and it is very simple to understand: thou shalt not awaken the parents before 6:30.<\/p>\n
We also have a monitor in the kids’ bedroom. We don’t need it anymore, of course, but it’s nice being able to hear them when they start shouting for help.<\/p>\n
On Christmas morning, we woke to the sound of them talking.<\/p>\n
“Hooray, it’s Christmas! Let’s go.”<\/p>\n
“We can’t. It’s only six.”<\/p>\n
“But it’s Christmas.”<\/p>\n
“It’s only six. No, it’s six-oh-one.”<\/p>\n
They talked on and off for the next 19 minutes, discussing Christmas and whether they\u00a0could get up or not. Then, the clock reached what was apparently a very important time.<\/p>\n
“It’s six twenty!”<\/p>\n
“So?”<\/p>\n
“That’s only ten minutes before six thirty!”<\/p>\n
“Yeah!”<\/p>\n
“Come on! Let’s go!”<\/p>\n
Their door banged open, and we heard their feet run toward our door.<\/p>\n
Apparently, they think it takes ten minutes to walk from their room to ours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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