dave went to abe's class to help out and decided before leaving to spy on sadie. unfortunately, the aide opened the door right at that moment and told him to come in, so he did. sadie turned bright red...embarrassed to have her dad just drop in. when she got home from school, i asked how she liked her visitor-- she said all her friends kept asking who it was. when she said it was her dad, one girl said, "no way! that was your dad? he looked way to cool to be a dad. he looked like a surfer." we all laughed and dave said it was the best compliment he's had in about a year.