And the winner is . . .

Me! See the thing is, you have to read the post to find out (or you could scroll to the bottom. How many cheaters read my blog?). I won because last night, for the first time since we moved to this house, nearly 2 years ago, Jamie fell asleep on his own. Before we moved here, for about 6 months, I would read his stories, snuggle for 5 minutes, leave, he would go to sleep and stay in bed until the morning when he would kick the wall to let me know he was awake. And yes, he was in a bed not a crib. The first night we were here, he left his room about 100 times and sleeping has been somewhere between a nightmare and annoying every since.

But, he has been wanting to be "grownup." He's 5 1/2, you know. Practically ancient. And so, like parents everywhere, I have been using that weapon against him, testing the waters occasionally, but no dice. Last night, he finally bit. He wanted to be grown up enough that staying up in his room, being allowed to read books in bed, deciding when to actually fall asleep on his own, deciding whether to sleep in his loft bed or his Spiderman bed (one of those foam couches on the floor) was enough to throw me out and fall asleep alone. Well, alone with Penny, the most loyal dog he doesn't really like ever.

On top of reading that victory, Kitten has tagged me for 7 things about me, so I'm making you wait even longer.

1. I used to remember tons of random facts. Now, I can't remember to take my purse when I leave the house. I'm only 35. I'm slightly (really) worried about my elderly years.
2. I've decided this morning the make the library a regular part of our week. Next unit. I have a book problem. And a bad library. I went so far as to search the library on-line for this unit. And gave up. See #1.
3. I never cut Jamie's nails. Darren always does that. See #1.
4. We ended up celebrating New Year's at Greenwich Mean Time again. By accident again. Two years in a row, so that is our new tradition. Next year, we'll screw it up. See #1.
5. I loved Mom#1's tradition of taking a family picture. We have 1 family picture in the past . . . years. Must try to do that. See #1.
6. I have finally finished my first big knitting project for myself. It was a gift from my sister and is blocking. It will be making an appearance on the blog soon. See #1 (that doesn't make sense, I just didn't want to lose my rhythm)
7. I really hate that my sister is moving (in 2 weeks), although I'm trying to be a big girl about it.

O.k., so, now, the winner really is (drum roll please). . . Marla! Congratulations, Marla! I will be contacting you.