This Morning

This morning was a true test for Bennett.  Recently, her rule has been that she has to wait until the sunshine comes up before she can get out of bed and come in our room.  That worked pretty well for awhile.  However, she's been really into time and clocks lately, so I have been showing her that the first number on the clock needs to be a 7 to get up.  If it still says 6, then it's too early.  This morning, at 6:35, she came running into our room.  Brandon told her that it was too early because the clock still said 6, so she needed to go back to bed.  She ran in her room and started crying hysterically.  I went in there and put her clock right next to her in bed, tucked her in and got her started with reading some books to her animals and dolls in her bed.  This was a test for me because she looked up at me and so innocently asked, "Mommy, could I just come in your room early as a special treat today?"  How do you resist that? But somehow I did.  For the next 25 minutes, we could hear her reading in her bed, and very frequently I could hear the click of her pushing her button on her clock to make it glow so she could see the time.  At 7:00 on the button, she came running into our room, carrying her little clock.  First she came to my side of the bed and showed me the time, then she ran over to Brandon's side to show him that 7 was the first number.  She was so proud of herself and we were so proud of her for being patient and waiting! I was very glad that I didn't give in to her crying and pleading to get out of bed early.  :)