saga of the swords

On Saturday I heard the boys outside on the patio talking about some swords that they wanted. It was quite a lengthy conversation and later that day I saw they left the magnadoodle outside with their "sketches" of what they wanted.
Grant even came inside to tell me how he could build a sword in grandpa's workshop. On Saturday night, Grant and Luke had googled "wooden swords" and found a picture of exactly what they wanted and then asked to send grandpa an email to see if he could make it.

By Sunday, Grant could wait no longer for a reply back from grandpa, so he called and asked if he could make the swords. Of course, my dad said he would "see what he could do." About 20 minutes after Grant got off the phone, he announced he had to call grandpa again. It was a one way phone conversation and Grant said, "Grandpa, you can make those swords and put them in the mail." {hmmm. . . .we live 6 miles away!!!}

On Monday Grant wanted to know when the mail was coming, and I had to tell him that grandpa probably did not have a chance to make the swords yet. But, today grandpa showed up at the pool with some very awesome handmade wooden swords for the boys. They have had them in their hands all afternoon and are thrilled. At dinner Grant said we should send grandpa a thank-you with $2,000. We will definitely write the thank-you, but might have to skip the $2,000!

THANK YOU, grandpa!!!