12.14.20 - Kid snippets - "How come you're not going to sleep?"

I put Clara to bed almost 2 hours ago and she has come out several times to go to the bathroom or other excuses. Just now I was sitting in our bedroom talking to Jack who I haven't seen all day. Clara quietly opened the nursery door just a crack, shut it, opened it again tentatively:

Clara, accusatory: Mom, Dad, how come you're not going to sleep?
Me: How come YOU'RE not going to sleep??
Clara: Because I just asked Dad to ask Mom if Mom is going to bed and then Dad is going to bed. And how come you're not going to bed?!
Me: Because we're grown up so we can go to bed whenever we want, and you're a kid and you need to go to bed *right now.*
Clara, giggles: oh ok!

Allegedly she is in bed right now.

Photo taken Dec 16, 2020 - Photo taken by Jane