Twins Friday: Even Grampas have Troubles

This was a rough week for Grampa. On Monday, he had me call the refrigerator repairman to fix the door on the fridge. It was not shutting normally and we'd sometimes find it open. We had lots of food in the fridge, and thought that was contributing to the problem. But when the company left and the food was gone the problem remained. Grampa removed the door and looked for the problem. After replacing the door with a piece left over it seemed to be better for awhile, but then the problem returned. The repairmen arrived and told me they it was fixed in less than five minutes. They solution was to turn the orange juice bottles in the door the other way. The handles on the new brand of orange juice I bought on sale hit the shelf of the fridge. That'll be $75, please. How much did I save on that orange juice? My friend, Jean, pointed out, sometimes intelligent people can't figure out simple problems. In the future we'll try to provide Grampa with more difficult problems.

Thursday Grampa was driving home from work, when one of the front tires fell off his car. He had to call a second tow truck, when the first one arrived and was unable to tow a car with a broken lower ball joint. Some days it's just more difficult to smile.

Nolan is shocked that Grampa couldn't fix the fridge.

When he grows up, he'll check the orange juice bottles.

Or he'll call Grampa to fix it.

Gramma came up with an idea for a new game for the boys. They wanted to use their bats and it seemed a bit dangerous in the house, but it was too cold to go outside. So Nathan and Grampa blew up balloons, which Gramma and the boys attached at the top of the steps to hang down on both sides of the balcony.

I'll help you Grampa.

It's tether-tee-ball. The boys loved the game. And Gramma gets extra points for figuring out a way to ensure the bats wouldn't hit a brother's head.

It's Nolan's turn for the swing. Nathan and Andrew wait patiently.
Nathan is holding his favorite toy, Mousey. Mousey comes for sleepovers. He's supposed to stay in Nathan's bed or his bag, but he is a convenient armful.

Mousey is a character in the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. When Nathan first brought his mouse to help him take his naps, I asked what his mouse's name was. He looked at me as if I was deaf and said, "Mousie." I called Aunt Becky to find out Mousie's real name, and found out he doesn't have any other name. Gramma went out and got more books by Laura Joffe Numeroff. Andrew's special sleepy time pal is his lovey bear, who looks so angelic. Andrew has a name for him; Spike. There must be more to Spike's personality than I'm aware of.