The boys were sent out today to take Polynomial on a walk. We found out recently that our definition of “a walk” and the childrens’ were not quite the same. So today I fired up the activity tracker on my cell phone and sent it with the boys. They both were excited to carry it along, which I thought.
When they returned I was able to verify they had followed the appropriate route. As I was examining the GPS generated map trail, the light suddenly dawned for Corwin that I had let him carry my phone around in order to track his movement, and not because I wanted him to be cool. The look of shocked horror on his face is something I will always treasure.