My 8-year-old is smarter than I am.

Children's Place may be the seventh circle of Hell. I'm sure had Dante ever gone he'd have written it into The Inferno.

Going there with either kid is painful. Going with both is ... much, much more painful.

Me, to Sam: "How about this shirt?"

Sam: "Does it glow in the dark?"

Me: "Yes." {Okay, I'm lying. I'm totally lying. It's a shirt he will wear IN THE DAYTIME. Who cares if it glows it  the dark? He'll never know the truth.}

Sam: "Where's the sticker?" {Ah! Outsmarted by an 8-year-old. He knows the glow in the dark clothes have stickers on them. He's clearly smarter than I am.}