Big and Strong

Tonight Gabriel asked me to cuddle with him while he tried to sleep.  He does this almost every night and it serves as a stall to actually having to go to sleep.  It is sweet of him, though, so I generally oblige and spend about 2 minutes "cuddling" with him.  Well tonight I told him that if he stayed in bed for 10 minutes I would come and cuddle him as long as he was in bed when I got there.  I went in after about 2 minutes because I wanted him to know that I wasn't joking and I would follow through with my promise.  When I slipped in next to him and gave him a hug he said in the lowest, biggest voice he could muster, "Daddy is big and strong!"  It made me happy.