What part was she not filling in? There's only, like, four parts, and they're all important enough that I wouldn't want someone else (let alone a dumb machine) filling them in for me.

We are totally doing this (kids ages 8 & 4). We have a little glow ball that we will drop, toast with cider, and ship them to bed. King Julian rules tonight.

I like her style. I used to do the same when I babysat. I don't care if parents say bedtime is 9:00. Everyone is in bed by 8 at the latest. I need my cable tv and snacks in peace.

ask away! I have a 3 and 5 year old and am planning on using it. They WILLA stay up to and past midnight if we let them, and it throws their entire sleep schedule off for up to a week.... A week of grumpy children randomly bursting into tears is not how I want my new year to start!

when I was little, my grandma (she was babysitting) made me go to bed at 8. Not because she tricked me into thinking it was midnight but because I could only remember that you stay up "late" on New Years Eve and she said that 8 was late and I did not have a rebuttal.

You do realize that they're talking about pretty young kids, right? Kids that could be swayed by a Madagascar character? And that the video just says that King Julien decides that it's midnight in the video, there's no real trick to this.

My friends have already told me that they'll play it for us at the party we're going to this evening since Mr.Squats and I have firm plans to be home by 9.

This is aimed at parents whose children are too young to tell time.

I will be playing this on repeat at my party so nobody feels like they actually need to stay until midnight. Everybody gets a countdown.

Real talk: For how many people could this

As a parent of small kids, I fully support this deception.

Seriously, right now, the thought of being up til midnight sounds exhausting...

Hell, I'm an adult and even I try to watch the east coast feed so I can be done with the festivities and go to bed at 9pm.

Nothing magical about the midnight hour. Little kids can celebrate with the parents at 8pm with this and do just fine.

Who says the kids can't be involved up until their bed time? Then when it's their bed time everyone can celebrate an early new years with them so they feel involved...

Or maybe it's just easier to relax & have some adult time once the kids are in bed. Not every activity needs to involve the kids in a healthy household.

Or completely mess with the drunks at 10:30.

Rotting means gas, and gas means pressure. By breaching the cavity with the scalpel, they released that pressure very suddenly, through a very small opening.

If I were given a doll that looked like me (black hair, black eyes, medium skin) I would have been over the moon. I love seeing diversity in dolls for girls. Give them what we didn't have!

Perhaps these potty muffins would be fun to use for general cleaning or to help you feel as if you are doing something productive on nights when you are really just watching five or six hours of television: "Dexter marathon AND I am cleaning my pipes!" I like the thought of being able to toss "potty muffins" into…