We Let Her Stay Up Until About 9:45 That Night

Vacation's on right now, so the usual rules are out the window. But normally Fiona's bedtime is around 8pm. She knows it, and in fact often likes to ask on special occasions when she knows she's out late if it's past her bedtime yet. That special thrill a kid gets from knowing she's up when she shouldn't be.

Fiona's birthday has been coming up and lately she's been asking questions about how she was born. Nothing graphic -- she just wants to know about the hospital, how long Mommy had to stay after she was born, how many doctors were in the room, etc.

I made an offhand comment about how she was born on January 7, 2004 at 8:45 in the evening. Fiona suddenly interrupted:

"I was born past my bedtime?"

In retrospect, I guess she was.