It's such a rare sight! It only occurs once every 10 years!

The Boy has two modes: On and Off. In order to be put into the "off" mode, a large amount of energy is expended nightly.  Endless drinks, forgotten medicine, itchy skin...the excuses are endless. And if he's not looking for reasons to be awake, he'll sing, talk, or whistle to himself, until one of us threatens to muffle him with his pillow...permanently.

When he was very small, he used to pound his head into the mattress as he wound down for the night. We'd hear "pomf pomf pomf pomf pomf pomf" until all of a sudden it would be completely silent.  "He doesn't fall asleep," Jeremy said to me, "He knocks himself out."  I have never seen Joshua quietly drift off to dream land. It's always an arduous journey.

So anytime we'd catch Joshua voluntarily asleep during the day, the camera came out to capture the momentous occasion.   Actually, it's only happened twice in his entire span of life.
I have the pictures to prove it.

Joshua, age 3:

Joshua, age 13:

Take a look folks, because we won't see this again until he's twenty-three.  And hopefully, it won't be because he's passed out at some frat party...

"Mel, Did You Buy Something On Joshua's Account?"

Jeremy called to me from the kitchen. He had his laptop set up on the table, and was perusing his email while eating dinner.  He worked late, and we had already eaten without him.

"What?" I called from the living room, too tired and sore to get up from my cozy spot on the couch.

"You know how all of Joshua's purchases go to my email? Well, did you accidentally buy something from his account?"

I have an iPod touch, and I use the kindle reader to buy books through Amazon.com, so I was puzzling how on earth The Boy had an Amazon account.  "Amazon? Or iTunes?"  I hollered back.

Ignoring my question he said, "It says here someone bought, 'Voyage to Temptation' and 'Duchess of Mandalore' are these books of yours? They sound like romance novels."

"Um I don't think so," I said. "I can't imagine ever buying a book called 'Voyage to Temptation'." Now my mind was reeling. Was someone using our account to buy smut?  "How much did those cost?"

"$2.00 a piece."

Two dollars, two dollars. I didn't know any books that cost two dollars, even on kindle. Oh there are a few, to be sure, and some that are even free, but I found out quickly that those were not only poorly written but often along the lines of what we were imagining 'Voyage to Temptation' was all about. "And you said they're on Joshua's account? Amazon?"

"No, iTunes."

Light dawning, I remembered The Boy saying something about watching some episodes on his laptop this afternoon. Now I was wondering what on earth he was watching. "Well, Josh was saying he was watching something on his laptop this afternoon through iTunes, but what on earth could he be watching?"  Visions of our son caught up in some soap-opera like drama were floating through my mind.

"OOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh!" Jeremy said and started to laugh, "I just googled it.  Bwaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaa! They're hahahahah gasp They're episodes for that hahahahahahaha cartoon he likes to watch...Star Wars Clone Wars."

"WHAT!?"

Pushing the chair back from the table, he came around the corner and looked at me. "They're episodes from Star Wars Clone Wars. What on earth are they thinking naming their episodes things like 'Voyage to Temptation'? I swear, they sounded like bad romance novels." We laughed again, mildly relieved, mostly because a conundrum had been solved.

He came home later, and Jeremy told The Boy what we thought. He looked incredulous. "What?!?!? They're episodes from Star Wars Clone Wars!" He protested, feeling his manhood in question.

"We know. We know.  We were just a little worried there, kid."

Josh started to laugh. "How could you have thought that?"

"Well, we weren't sure what to think," I added.  "But sure made for an interesting puzzle for the night."