The new year comes early

Everyone with kids knows how rough it can be on New Year's Eve. They want to stay up, but they just keep getting more tired and cranky. Julien I let stay up later than usual, but by 9:30 he and I had both had enough of him being awake. I tried to convince Riahna to follow suit, but she was determined to stick it out. We were watching the CNN coverage of Times Square (can't stand Ryan Seacrest; love Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin), and she was excited about seeing the ball drop. It was then that I remembered that since TN is an hour earlier, midnight would actually arrive at 11. Brilliant. Eventually kids gain an understanding of time, but until then parents in TN who still think New Year's Eve only happens in NY have it made.