yes, that’s right, we are in the thick of it here in Northern VA, where we had an earthquake (5.8!) on Tuesday and Hurricane Irene on Saturday night. Ian woke up right after the power failed and realized his night light was out. And he asked what all that noise was. Normally once we’re in bed the rule is we stay there until “MoMo” the alarm clock wakes up, but, I thought, “how often am I going to be able to let him sit on the couch and watch a hurricane with me?”

"We're staying in from this one, Mommy!"

“This is a bad storm, Mommy. And I know. (Holds up 4 fingers, parallel to the ground, and counts on fingers.) Because these three here- 1,2,3, these are good storms. But this one, this fourth one down here? This is a bad storm. We’re staying in from this one, Mommy, because this is a Bad Storm.”