Mornings and nights are such a challenge in my house.  My husband is a night owl.  I think my daughters have inherited the twilight personalities from him.

At 9:00 p.m. I start telling them to go to bed, but some nights it's literally 1:00 a.m. before they finally settle down.  I yell.  I fuss.  I have hissy fits.  I take away things.  I threaten.  I reason.  I suppose I'm simply a failure as bedtime Mom. 

Then the morning comes.  Erin will not miss school willingly ever.  She's missed two or three days this year, but only because she had the flu.  It's because school is her social hour that she gets up fairly easily, but her attitude is a nightmare.  She's irritable, angry, and obnoxious in the morning.  I know it's because she does not get adequate sleep at night.

She does sleep, though.  Right now – 6:00 p.m. – she's sound asleep on the couch.  Erin came in from school and crashed by 4:00 (another reason she won't go to bed at night!).

So how bad would it be if I start spraying her with water when I get home?