Anna Kate and Time

My sweet oldest daughter will soon turn 3 years old. Her curiosity and love of learning new things is blossoming at this age. Especially her love of time! This girl loves clocks! The other day a friend brought her a new clock for her room and you would think it was a ticket to Disneyland. Anna Kate was thrilled!

Common questions in our house include: what time will it be ready? what time are we leaving? what time do i wake up? what time baby grace wake up? what are we doing now? what are we doing next? where are we going? who with?

Last night as I was putting her to bed, she glanced at her light up digital clock (as she does every night to tell me the time and ask when she wakes up) and realized that her new clock did not shine in the dark. She said...Mommy I can't see my new clock. I let her know that seeing one clock at night is plenty for her!

Rest time and wakeup time all revolve around what time it is on her clock. And then sometimes just for fun, she will run back and forth between the digital clocks in my room and in the kitchen to see if they match. If they do, she gets so excited...Mommy, look it matches. Though I find this interest in time pretty funny at times, mostly I just am amazed at how much she is like me. Give her a plan and she is peaceful and happy. Change of plans or unexpected things throw her off...sound familiar? She wants a schedule and wants to be on time. Seems like she may look like her Daddy but her brain is all Mommy!