Well before dawn, Cam was inserting herself into the parent sandwich of the bed. A few minutes later, Po emerged from our bathroom and snuggled up next to my other side, holding two empty toilet paper rolls.
"Why in the world would you throw away spy binoculars?" he grilled me.
"Sorry, bud," I said. "I didn't realize you wanted them."
"Well, of course. All you have to do is glue them together and you have spy binoculars. Then all I have to do is design them. I'll draw a princess on one side as best I can so Cam can share them with me, and on the other side I'll draw a robot as best I can. I like robots. Can you help me right now?"
"Well, just let me–" Cam cut me off.
"Po, princesses go with stripes. And zebras go with stripes," she piped in her graphic opinion.
He laid there silent for a moment, then, announced, "hey, you just gave me a great idea! I'll draw a princess on your side and a zebra on my side. Stripes, stripes. All I need is black and white."
"But, Po, white crayons don't work." Ever the realist.
"Well, Cam, I'm doing it, anyway. It's settled. Princess zebra spy binoculars. Moooooommmmmmmyyyyyyy. Get out of bed!"
And here I am, spy binocular construction complete before my morning coffee.
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