Work and Play Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

"This is Auntie Becca's favorite shirt on me.

I wonder why?"

Grampa and Nolan have already watered the flowers.  

Nolan loves doing this job.

Nolan was trying to shake out his broom, 

after seeing Grampa shake out his dust mop.

Grampa found a new treat for Nolan to enjoy for snack.

Nolan thought it was absolutely wonderful.

He's looking inside the package to see if there's anymore he may have missed.

There's not even a crumb left, but I didn't think he would be willing to take my word for it.

Nolan and Grampa were playing in the basement with Nolan's toy tools.

When they were finished, Grampa suggested they put away their tools.

Nolan picked up his tools and headed for Grampa's workroom.

He put his tools on the shelf next to Grampa's.  

He discovered a few of Grampa's tools he liked;

the vices, pieces of wood and a metal tape measure.

Here he's measuring Seth's foot size.

Grampa's shoe is a foot.

Today we tried sponge painting.

Nolan prefers brushes.  

He doesn't like his fingers messy.

Nolan develops a new brush style.

I think it's similar to Monet's.

Nolan asked for popcorn, as a treat.

Grampa asked him how many he wanted.

He started with "one."

The next time he said, "three."

Then Grampa asked, "Do you need lots?"

Nolan responded, "Lots, please," and was really happy with the results.

Then we could hear him quietly practicing, "Lots, please.  Lots, please."

Mousie and Piggie tell MG Stories

by Gramma

Grampa Piggie had a red MG.  It was four inches above the street.  If it snowed more than four inches, the car had to push the snow or it did not go. The car took a lot of Grampa Piggie's time.  He had to fix his car lots of times.  But he got good at it.  He liked to ride in his car with the top down.

Mousie and Piggie like MGs, just like Grampa Piggie.  MGs are fun cars.  There were a lot of MGs down the street.  Mousie and Piggie liked all of them.

Once Gramma Mousie was driving the MG to church on Sunday.  She had to play the organ at church.  As she came to the red light, the car did not stop.  She had to turn left, but there was a green car in the way.  She missed hitting the green car and made her turn.  She was still far from church, so she kept going.  She did not want to walk to church.  She went slow and hoped the car would stop when she got to the church.  There was a swimming pool by the church.  She turned the car into the parking lot of the swimming pool.  She went up the driveway slow and stopped in a parking spot.  She walked from there to the church.  She was on time for church.  

When she called Grampa Piggie and told him his MG did not stop, he asked, "Is my car ok?"  Gramma Mousie did not know why he did not ask, "Are you okay?"  Grampa Piggie said he knew that Gramma Mousie was okay.  He was talking to her.

One Sunday, Gramma Mousie and Grampa Piggie had two kids visiting their three kids.  Five kids in all.  Gramma Mousie left to go to church and Grampa Piggie was going to come with the five kids.  When Grampa Piggie opened the door he saw that Gramma Mousie had taken the big car.  He had five kids and his little red MG.  He put the five kids into his little red MG and drove to church.  It was a good thing he had little kids.  It was a good thing that this time the little MG stopped.