5 more min please!

I'm sure all mothers at one point have told their kids "5 more minutes please!" My kids have a good bedtime routine "shoes, pants, potty, drink, teeth" (our saying before bed to make sure everything is covered) Then off to bed for school the next morning. However they like to get up right as the sun rises :-) It took me a little while of trying to figure out a fun and creative way to make sure they, and I, got enough rest. I bought a clock and took the face of, then I colored from 5-7 RED and from 7-9 GREEN. I put little star stickers on the hour hand and put it all back together. I then told my children when the hour hand with the star stickers is in the red you cant get out of bed. I gave my children options of: laying there and resting, reading a book or playing with a small toy, BUT you can not wake up your siblings. When the star hand is in the green you may get out of bed and play softly until mommy comes to get you ready for school (my kids are old enough to play in their rooms by themselves but if you have younger ones you can change the rules:-) So far it has worked like a charm and I get a few more uninterrupted minutes in the morning. Plus the kids seem to be less cranky!