Light-Black And Decker

Last night I left my son's room with him still asleep, and I had the desire to shout from the rooftops "He's asleep! He's asleep!" Surely every one of my friends wanted to know of my great accomplishment: My 23 month old was asleep! (at 10:45 at night). Now he has been a pretty good sleeper most of his life, but he goes through cycles of being easy to put to bed, and then returns to being hard to put to bed. He is currently in a being hard to put to bed stage, crying every night. Last night he got to sleep with some fussing, only to wake up an hour later from coughing as he was developing a cold. So I went in to calm him down, give him some medicine, and attempt to get him to sleep without more crying. I knew the only way to do that would be to lie down next to his crib until he was asleep. I tried this method just last week when he woke to the fireworks of the Fourth, and after 45 minutes of waiting, my slight rustling of movement made him wake up and cry again...

For any who are not aware of what is happening here in good ole Utah, I shall enlighten you. Aside from about a 2 week period over Christmas time where we had bitter cold temperatures and heaps of snow, our winter has been very....un-winter like. The first week of February was graced by temperatures in the 60's and even lower 70's! This has naturally led to walks around the neighborhood and playing in the playgrounds, all while wearing short sleeves. It wasn't just the one week either. January, though not quite as impressive, was still quite toasty. So why all this crazy nice spring-time weather right in the deep winter? You may have heard some theories from scientists or friends who think they know why our world is upside down this year. But don't be fooled. I know the REAL reason for the warmth. You see, we were all abducted by aliens. This abduction lasted from January through March. When we were kindly returned to our homes in April, the aliens wiped our memor...