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As busy parents, we don't get to watch a fat ton of television. There are a few shows that we watch faithfully (Lost, Flash Forward, Survivor, Amazing Race) and we generally watch them after the kids go to bed and we've done all of our "chores" for the night (cleaning up, making coffee and lunches, etc). We often begin around 10:15 and watch a 1-hour show to finish in time for the 11 o'clock news. It generally works out pretty well. But not tonight…

My husband and I have been fans of Lost since the very first Episode. Thanks to the DVR, we've never missed an episode. I'd argue that it's the best written television show I've ever seen. If you haven't seen it, you should absolultely, without a doubt, get the DVDs and watch all of the seasons.

Of course we've been watching faithfully this season and have been waiting for tonight's finale forever.

ABC had to go and throw 4.5 hours of Lost into the mix tonight, though, making it very difficult to fit that into our "after the kids go to bed" TV routeine.

We figured with the DVR skipping commercials, we could fit it into a mere 3 hours. We really want to see it tonight for fear of some yahoo on Facebook spoiling it for us (you know it'll happen)

The kids generally go to bed between 9-10 in the summer, depending on naps, what we did that day, etc.

So we planned very carefully. We spent the entire day outside, being active. We went to the Montour Trail and took a 2 mile bike ride.  Then headed to Wildwood Highlands for 18 holes of (mini)golf and some games, then home for more bike riding and outside water play.  No naps were taken.

We thought our recipe of sun, activity and no sleep woudl SURELY mean an easy 9 p.m. bedtime, making us able to finish tonights episodes by midnight and still able to function tomorrow.

Apparantly the kids are not Lost fans. 

It's 9:40 p.m. and they are still hollering to us, forcing us to play the "run up the stairs and see what they need" game (or else they'd just keep hollering louder till we came, trust me).

I've tried explaining the quality of the character development and overarching storylines.  I've tried telling them bedtime stories about the Dharma inititive…all to no avail.

Go to sleep little people!

Do you have certain TV shows that you try to get your kids to bed early so you can watch? 
What's your game plan? Does it work or do you find yourself as "lost" as me? (or not Lost, in my case)

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