Measuring Time

Some people measure time by minutes, or hours, or days, or weeks, or months. Not in our house. We measure time by birthdays. It all started with teeth brushing. To make sure Emmaline's teeth were brushed for a decent amount of time, we started singing "Happy Birthday" while she brushed. We would just sing it to whoever had a birthday next in the family. But not just our family - we include grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins as well. Not only is she now pretty good at telling you the order of birthdays in our family (not the exact date - but the order) but she has begun to measure time by it. "Mom how many birthday's until our new baby comes?" (seven) Well today we were talking about how it is Uncle Jeremy's birthday. She asked whose birthday was next (Uncle Dwight) and then whose birthday is after that? When I responded that Jesus' Birthday was after that she began to dance around the room singing: "One more birthday until Christmas!" and then ran to the office saying, "Daddy, Daddy, good news! One more birthday until Christmas! I love holidays!"

Rating: 3 Candy Canes