LATE NIGHT SURPRISE

Our trip home from Sanibel Island was a long one. Not having a straight-through flight is a pain. But it's also cheaper, so what do you do? Well inevitably there was a delayed flight and we got home a lot later than originally planned.

The boys slept in the car on the way home from the airport, and we carefully carted them up to their beds before unloading all the luggage. Just as we were bringing the last bag in, we came around the corner to see Tobin standing on the landing of the stairs. But instead of just having woken up and come down to find us, he was a little more prepared. He'd actually found [one of] his light saber(s) and was holding it out as if he were ready to fight. I shouldn't have to even mention that he had that wicked little smile on his face, head tilted to the left.

So we stayed up a little longer as we tried to calm the little Jedi down and lull him back to sleep. The light saber remained tight in his clutches even after he was fast asleep. Apparently ten days without it was more than he could bare.