Wow, that worked

OK, so if anybody wants to make Connor happy, mention the Wild Kratts. As noted below, this is his favorite show and it's about animals. It has the power to overcome all obstacles to happiness, as we have just seen in the past 3 hours.

At about 5:30 this morning Connor woke up screaming in terror from a nightmare. I never quite got what it was, but he was really inconsolable. Said he couldn't stop thinking about and was just crying and crying. Sarah finally managed to get him out of his bed so Jamie could go back to sleep and brought him into our bed. I took him to the bathroom but he was still freaking out, so searching I said, "Connor, what's your favorite Wild Kratts episode? Mine is the one about cheetahs." He instantly, and I mean instantly, stopped crying and said his favorite one was the one about the baby cheetah that disguises itself as a skunk (never mind that it's the badger that does that!). He then proceeded to launch into long narrative about animal "mimicry," citing all kinds of examples. When I left to sleep on the couch, he was still jabbering away. Finally, Sarah suggested perhaps it was time to be quiet and go back to sleep and he said, "But can I whisper the song?" Soon enough he was snoring away and Sarah kind of wished he was back to whispering.

So this morning, perhaps fearing the mood of Connor on short sleep she put a Wild Kratts on while they ate breakfast and the bunny was positively ebullient. It can even overcome the morning grumpies! For his part, Jamie always plays the older brother role of seeming to disdain Wild Kratts, but when it's on he's completely into it.