And I'm going to paint the solar system on the backs of her hands so that she has to learn the entire universe before she can say "Oh, I know that like the back of my hand."

March 2030

"Dad, can you come help me with this?" Ten year old Katy asked while she stared at the selection of art supplies she had in front of her. I sat down at the kitchen table and looked at all of the random supplies.

"What are you doing exactly Sweetie?" I asked, staring the large sheet of paper, bunches of colored construction paper, crayons, markers, colored pencils, glitter glue from Kurt's scrapbooking stuff, and star stickers.

"I have to make the solar system for science class!" she said, pulling out her science book with the planets on it. "Daddy said he'd help me, but he had practice today, so I was hoping you would. I already drew the planets… I'm just not very good at cutting circles."

"I can definitely do that," I said, grabbing a pair of scissors off the table. I grabbed the orange paper with a giant circle on it and started cutting away while she colored the huge white paper black and blue, decorating it with star stickers and blue glitter glue. In the entire afternoon, we were able to position and paste on the planets, earning her the first A+ she ever received in science.