Motivation

Motivation is choosing a superhero sticker every time you write your name.


And now, a conversation in the van on the way home from the mall (sidenote: where the kids rode up the "excavator" (Ian) and down the "alligator" (Lilly):

Out of the blue, riding along . . .

Lilly: Daddy old.
Silence.
Lilly: Daddy old.
Ian: No, Lilly, daddy's not old!
Pause.
Ian: Well, daddy's a little bit old.
Lilly: DADDY OOLLLLLDDDD!!!

Bless Nathan's heart. He never said a word.