when my kids were young

 I let them stay up til 10 o'clock or a little later cuz I wanted to be with them,

plus they were in activities almost every night that I took them to.  Beth and I needed

to read together,

plus both of them needed to bathe before bed.  well, they didn't seem tired

that late at night.

I let them sleep til 7:30 a.m. and they were the last kids to school,

sometimes, well, usually, late.  but we did rush around to get there.

the school is a block away.  We walked.

I see these kids at Pheasant Run going to school at 7 a.m.

do they go to bed at 8 p.m.  we weren't even home from activities by then.

my mother may or may not have gotten on me about it, but I blew it off.

the teachers said something to Beth too, and she said they said something,

blew that off too.  I'm sure in their eyes it was another reason for me to look bad.

never got a call though.  not sure what I would have said.  hmmm.