Timing is Everything

Riddle me this: how is it that I can put Ethan to bed at 8:00 and it's hard for him to drag himself out of bed on time, yet if I move up his bedtime to 7:30, he wakes up 45 minutes early?? What's up with that?! Both yesterday and today he was up at 7:15. Before spring break, he was hard pressed to make it up by 8 come Friday. Sigh.

Still trying to get our nightly routine to allow for more Ethan-time, but dinner is still ending around 7 to 7:20, which is not enough time to do anything except rush the boy. Both Kyra and I are already annoyed at the lacrosse practice schedule, which happens at dinnertime on Tues. and Thurs. Haven't even had a game yet and she was trying to beg off practice this week. I told her no way considering how much it cost and how hard she begged. I don't want to get all "Remember when you tried ______ and you gave it up and we put all that money and time into it??" on her and not let her try new things, but on the other hand, we sort of can't afford to be experimental right now. Oh well...