Thanks to Rshosted, Curt, and Masta for the confidence building tips on just how to rack the primary to the carboy.
My son got home from school, we cleaned and sanitized, checked thefloating thermometer, cleaned and sanitized, andthesg (1.002 at 78F, corrected to 1.004) which was under our target of 1.010 -- so we, cleaned and sanitized, got everything ready to go, cleaned and sanitized, set it up, sanitized, and RACKED! Did I say we made sure to clean and sanitize?