After picking Rachel up from school this afternoon, I took the girls to the car deler to do a test drive with the mechanic so he could do an analysis of a sound we’ve been hearing. Rachel was a bit grumpy before the drive, and when we were done I turned to her, looked over at her sleeping sister. I told her we’d drive home and let Hannah finish her nap in the car. I told her we could hang out and get a rest because I knew that she (Rachel) was tired.

Rachel said, “Do you know why I’m tired? I have two things things that are making me tired. One is that yogurt raisens keep falling out of my lunch box. The second thing that’s making me tired is this dirty old car.”