Working in the Shop ...

April 18, 2017

The icepack cover that Ella finished knitting ... was for my knee ... I had knee surgery April 11th ... Ella was my lttle nurse maid ... and she took care of me ...

 

Ella went into the shop and approached Grandpa ...

She figured I needed a cane to use outside ...

Grandpa helped her gather the supplies needed ...

he also guided her on the construction of the cane ...

A padded handle and a cane cap was put on ...

then the finishing touches of painting it white ...

I was delighted to have this cane made especially for me ...

It worked really well for outside ...

I could keep my inside cane clean ...

Thank you Miss Ella ... I luv it ... !!!

 

Craig took a selfie showing his fat lip ...

after he wipedout on the BMX track last week ...

He is doing much better now ...

He was happy working on an old ary tank model in the shop ...

James was busy outside getting the little quad running ...

Ella gave Grandpa a hand with sanding ...

the new stand that Grandpa made for the FM radio ...

Once she was finished with the sanding ... 

she came in the house to check on me ...

and help with making icing for the chocolate cake ...

Of course having a taste from the spatula before adding sprinkles on the cake ...

The gang went out to inspect the new track that James had built ...

taking his R/C out to test drive it ...

It'll need a little adjustment on some of the curves ...

Some elbow grease and time will make it better ...

Grandpa gave Ella a hand to make sure her dirt bike was ok ...

(I think Grandpa might be a little too big ... yikes ...!!!)

She was ready to go ... and so was James ...

They were headed down to the neighbours for a visit ... 

and see how long Grandpa was going to be working on the trench ...

It was nice to see Tag and Travis again ...

The kids enjoyed visiting and the treats that Bonnie had given them ...

After a short visit ... we made our way home ... for a nice relaxing evening ...

 

 

 

Grandchildren Arrived ...

April 17, 2017

The grandchildren were at their other grandparents home for Easter ...

I picked up the children at the highway ...

We stopped in at the neighbours ...

to see Grandpa ...

as he was working on a waterline trench with the tractor ...

The kids wanted to stay and watch ... so I headed home ...

It wasn't too long before I heard the tractor ... 

and of course the kids hooting and howlering with excitment ...

(Grandma wasn't to pleased ... with the transportation) ...

Everyone dame in the house to have dinner ...

but before that ...

they were given their pre-Easter gift ... (they had no idea what it was) ...

as daddy and Alana were going to arrive in a couple days ...

and they wanted to hunt Easter eggs with the kids ...

They were so excited opening up the bags ...

and delighted when they saw what it was ...

They couldn't wait to try them on ...

After dinner ... Ella spent a little time knitting ...

once she was finished ... she asked me how to finish it off ...

I sat down with her and showed her the technique ...

she then proceeded to finish the cover for a cover for an icepack ...

 

It wasn't long before the kids put on their coveralls ...

and began working ...

I luvvvvv it ... no more dirty clothes in the house ...

Grandpa made a spot in the shop ... for them to hang up their coveralls ...

Everyone was busy ... Ella washing parts in the parts washer ...

Craig working on his R/C car ... and James outside ...

building a track to drive the R/C cars on ...

 

A Slimy Evening ...

February 25, 2017

After our delicious Greek dinner ... we headed back to the house with all the craft supplies ...

Ella really wanted to make homemade slim ... yuk ... !!!

Nathan and Alana ... helped out with this craft ...

A generous amount of pink and blue Elmer's Glue with sparkles ... was poured into a tubs ... 

Then a small amount of Borax was dissolved in a cup of water ...

 small amounts of the water was mixed in with the glue ...

 mixing it until it started to smooth gel ... it sure was sticky ...

 The kids mixed up some other colours of slim ... 

using  food colouring and mixing in sparkles ... they continued to knead and stretch the slim ...

 Craig was busy ... in his room ... working on his R/C truck ... 

He could here all of us out in the kitchen laughing and making weird sounds with 

handling the slim ...

Grandpa and Nathan checked in on Craig ... to see how things were going ...

Alana was having a fun time ... playing with the slim ...

she found some straws and started to blow into the slim blob ...

The kids were laughing so hard ... they wanted to try it ... 

Craig even came out of his room ... to see what all the commotion was about ...

James had blown the largest bubble ... it was massive ... !!!

They were having so much fun ...

The table was cleared of all the slim ingredients ... for Nathan to work on his (old) R/C car ...

He has had that car for years ... and since the boys were working on theirs ... 

he wanted to get his car up and running ...

It wasn't long before Nathan's car was working ... "it lives again" ...

the guys decided to go outside and race ...

It was getting late and dark out ... but that didn't matter ... the race was on ...

Nathan was surprised at how well his old car drove ...

against Craig's new R/C truck ...

While the guys were working and playing ...

Alana and Ella sat on the couch ... (with "Holly" the cat nearby) ... 

colouring in their Zen Colouring books ...

together ... sharing all the colouring pencils ...

I think Holly was feeling left out ... and decided to join them ... 

right in the middle of the pencil packages ...

Alana was playing with her ... and Ella laughing as Holly was clawing at the pencil ...

It defiantly was a full day of activities ... 

It was nice to spend the weekend with them ...

before we left for our holidays ... to Arizona and Houston ...

Secret Activities ...

December 10, 2016

Well ... remember that extra GT racer ... ???  

I know how it magically appeared ...

and grandpa and Craig took some pictures to prove it ... 

Apparently when Mike and Craig went to pick up Nathan last weekend ... 

they just happened to stop and pick one up ... so that each of the kids could ride ... behind the quad ...

No wonder the kids wanted to go to the shop after dinner ... 

They were busy beavers putting it all together ... to have it ready for sledding ...

Craig just loves bombing around in the snow ...

on the little quad ... whenever he can ... 

 

Nathan had brought the new parts for his R/C car ... and spent some time fixing it up ...

Craig also did some tweaking on his ... 

Craig sure has learned a lot watching and helping daddy ...

It amazes me how he can take them apart and put them back together ...

He just one of the guys ...