Half-days, happy meals, Molly dog and Great Grandpa!

"A grandpa is someone with silver in his hair

and gold in his heart."

Thursday is half day for Bailey and Parker - I couldn't have planned a better way to spend it than by going to the park with Happy Meals, my mom's dog and my sweet Grandpa.  

While the kids played in the sun and ran with the dog, Grandpa told me some of his many stories he remembers of being a kid himself and growing up in a large family. 

I am so impressed by his sharp memory of things in the past {Now the future is what might be a different story} and all that he can recall with exactness. He remembers names, places and dates! I don't even remember what I ate for breakfast this morning! He is also so funny and will often be heard saying "I am 86 years old and have had two triple bypass surgeries! What do you think of that?"  I really love him so much and I am so grateful that he lives so close so that my little ones can come to know and love him as well! 

 With all the business of being back to school, I have lists of things I should be doing and checking off - but this was definitely a day well spent!