Katy's Clock

Katy asked for a clock one night around bedtime.  I gave her a small bedside clock I wasn't using.  Chris helped her place it in her room so she can see it from her bed.  Katy spent the next half hour exclaiming each time the minute changed.  "Look, it's a six now!  What time is it now?!?!?!"  "Look, it's a seven now! What time is it now?!?!?"  Katy also asked what time her clock would say when we returned home from church the next day.  Chris told her and she responded in amazement, "oh wow!"

As Chris tried to read Katy her bedtime story, she complained that he was blocking her view of the clock, she leaned over Chris to look at the clock every 30 seconds, and she interrupted Chris to very excitedly tell him a number had changed.  Chris finally tried to explain that the numbers would constantly change and that this was no reason for so much excitement.  Less than sixty seconds later, Katy exclaimed that one of the numbers had changed and asked what time it was.    Even after we left the room, Katy yelled through the door to tell us the number on her clock changed again.

In hindsight, I should have waited until the morning to give Katy a clock.  I just didn't realize it would be so exciting to watch time pass.