Best Bedtime Avoidance Attempt of 2013 Two Hours After Actual Bedtime Has Passed

"But Daddy...I thought we were going to watch Lord of the Rings tonight."

I wavered for a second - the theatrical version of Fellowship is only three hours, plus or minus an hour...but then I decided that we'd wait a bit. Like several years. 

"You get to read the books before you get to see the films,"
I explained.

Tough love. Love is tough. But not as tough as carrying the most powerful ring in the universe through Orc-infested lands. 

Oh, I cannot wait to someday watch them with our children. 

But maybe not tonight. Unless I get insomnia.