What has your kid done lately that made you say - "Yup, that's my kid?"?

What has your kid done lately that made you say - "Yup, that's my kid?"?
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I don’t have any kids, but my brother and I share a lot of traits. I was helping one of his kids fill out a FASFA and as I started writing stuff out she laughed and said “He writes just like Daddy.” We both have lousy handwriting. Or as my stepfather says, You plant a potato you get a potato.
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