i have a sick 8 year old.. the barking cough, sneezing and runny nose type, but she still has a ton of energy sort of sickness. my college aged kiddo got food poisoning the night before she had a trip for work to go snow boarding with her co-workers in Colorado. i have no idea how she's dealing with it..
anyhow.. my 8 year old crawled into my bed tonight (dad is out of town at CES in Vegas) and she read for a little bit and while I was registering here, she turned out the lamp on the side table and went to sleep on her own, without the usual popping out of bed every few minutes to get a drink, ask to stay up, 'i'm not tired' schpeel..
at 7:30 pm.
in the 8 years i've known her.. she has NEVER gone to bed without one of us tucking her in, and sitting there to chat for a while or read a story.
weird..
i feel like a milestone passed me by tonight and i missed it..