Thinking Outside The Box

"Mommy, why do the days of the week keep starting over again?"

Well, Anna, that's just how we divide up our time. And that we way can have a regular schedule: on Mondays we do this, on Tuesdays we do that, etc...

[pause] [resolutely] "I'm going to make up a new week."

"The first day would be my birthday, the second day would be your birthday, the next would be Sloane's birthday, the next would be Alexandra's, then Conrad's, then Aidan's..."