I was getting ready to go bed last night when I noticed that Noah’s light was still on in his room as I walked by. The door was closed but the light spilled out from under it. I knocked and asked if everything was okay. Noah answered “One sec!” and opened the door shortly after.

He had Magic cards in hand, a number of cards were on his bed along with a number of dice. He apparently could not sleep and was testing an old deck that he had come across earlier (we had spent a portion of the afternoon sorting some of his older cards).

What to do? The parent in me knew that it was well past his bedtime but the Magic player in me wanted to ask what deck it was and whether he wanted a quick game. I tried to sneak a look at the cards while I mulled this decision over but Noah seemed to know which way it would go and put his deck away.

And I still don’t know what deck it was that he was testing…