surprise pancakes

this morning...

the kid: mommy, is tomorrow Father's Day?
me: yes, it is.
the kid: we need to take daddy to pancakes today for a surprise dinner.
me: that can be arranged.
the kid: yay! so here's the plan... when you give me the signal, I'll ask if we can go for a drive. and you tell me to ask daddy if he's okay with it. and he'll say yes. 'cause he always does. and then you take us to pancakes. how's that?
me: that's a great plan.
the kid: yeah, it'll be awesome!

and it was.