College talk

Like most kids her age, Zoey does not want to got to bed at night. She takes her time getting ready and often tries to stall the process. Her latest attempt at getting us to allow her to stay up is to simply tell us that she is not tired. Logical enough. I mean, if you aren't tired, why should you go to sleep, right? So a little while ago, Ross was putting her to bed and I heard this:
Z: But I don't need to go to bed, I am not tired.
R: Zoey, we all go to bed every night. You need to sleep.
Z: But Daddy, I don't need to go to bed, I am not tired.
R: Okay fine, when you go to college, you can stay up all night and not go to bed.
Z: When do I go to college?
R: When you're 18.
Z: But, I want to go to college NOW!!

The next night, I was putting her to bed and we were talking about summer break and going to kindergarten and she tells me, "Mommy, after kindergarten, is it college?" I explained the whole school system and figured we were done with it.

So that was a couple of weeks ago. Tonight I was putting them to bed and although Zoey still puts up a good argument, she stays in bed, and is helpful in trying to get Max to stay in the room. Tonight, in her attempt to tell him that things won't always be so bad (you know, evil parents forcing bedtime on young ones), she told him at least she gets to go to college in 18 minutes and then not go to bed. A little time confusion on her part, but I am glad to know that she is looking forward to her future college all-nighters!