Grandpa time with Brady and Isabell

I got to enjoy some time with my little bud Brady.  He was very helpful all day long with the various activities that we had going. 

First we started the day with some pancakes because I know the boys love to have pancakes.

Next we went to work on the play/Christmas train.  Brady was putting the pressure on me to get some more done on it so he could play with it

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In between helping with the painting Brady thought to explore the kitchen to see if all was in its proper place.  We had been dancing to some good classical music earlier in the day with his favorite being "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" by John Denver. he figured it was time to do a little sweeping so he kindly provided an opportunity.

Around noon of Saturday Isabell came to hang out for a few days.  She was quite excited about the Disney figures for the train and said so " I'm so excited", sounds real cool coming from a two year old.

Monday night she was ready to help me paint.  She did some on the board,

 then used me as the paint to do some play painting.
 All was real cute and good until the fly came around and Isabell started jabbing at it while holding a paint brush and on one jab put the wooden end in my eye.  I think I will be able to keep the eyeball and the sight but it was a close call.

Melia got in a fair amount of painting while she was here and Tressa added some on Tuesday. My goal is to have the first car done by the end of Sept. and then build the Engine in Oct. ready to have them both out there for Nov.  Will have to see if I can get it done or not.