Me: "Emma, did you watch the inauguration today at school?"

Trevor: "Is that a cartoon?"

Emma: "No, it's where they swore in the new president."

Trevor: "Ohhh. Hey, I watched that at school too!"

Me: "You did? Do you know our new president's name?"

Trevor: "Yep. Rock Obama!"

"i don't want to go to school today."

"sorry, you're going to school today."

2 minutes later...

"Ooh. My back hurts."

"I'm sorry about that. You're still going to school today."

"But it really hurts."

Only Trevor would come up with a bad back to get out of going to school. Forget vague, disprovable symptoms like a sore throat or tummy ache - my six-year-old has back trouble.