Anger Management, Dudesday, and Thumbs up

• I brag quite a bit about how happy and content Bennett is.  Glaring exception:  LAST NIGHT.  Karah and I took turns trying to appease a screaming baby from 7 pm to 10 pm.  It just wasn't his night (kind of like Favre . . . nice pick 6 in the 4th quarter, Brett).  We tried everything - singing, dancing, the curious george video, feeding, more feeding (even white wine and beer - for us not him, of course).  Finally, Karah defeated the angry monster after 3 hours and put him to bed.  Dad went to bed licking his wounds. 
• Professor Karah has been teaching at Colorado Mountain College on Tuesdays.  That leaves Bennett, Brux, and I at home.  We affectionately call it "Dudesday". 
• Karah busted Bennett sucking his thumb today . . . just like his dear old dad would have been doing 35 years ago:

Chip off the old block