A/n: Wrote this a while ago. Enjoy.

A Day With Grandpa

We go outside, nice and clean

Ready for some fun

Me-Maw saws to be careful

Scooter follows us out

Down to the dock, ready for work

Shovels in our hands

Doofus sniffing here and there

And getting in our way

Digging holes, dumping dirt

And then putting the dirt back

Pap Pap digs the hole again

Laughing at my youth

After putting bushes in

We go back in for lunch

Me-Maw is shocked by the dirt

And makes us clean up fast

Quickly eating, not too fast though

And then back outside

This time dressed in old clothes

To work on the van

Pap Pap lifts the hood to get right to work

I stand off to the side to watch

After a while he needs my help

So I crawl under with him

A few drips here, a few drops there

White shirt dotted black

Pap Pap does something more

And soon the shirt is smeared

The phone rings, I get to answer

It’s Mommy on the line

Only a few more hours

Left for my fun with Grandpa

Rain starts to fall and Doofus runs out

We go running in the yard

Slipping and sliding on the grass

Mud covering my shorts

Me-Maw fixes up some paints

And calls us both inside

Finger paints and Play-Doh are there

Just calling to us for a mess

Minutes later the patio’s trashed

Me-Maw’s shaking her head

Me and Pap Pap laughing hard

Soaked, colored, and stringed

Another phone call from Mommy

She’s coming to pick me up

Me-Maw decides to keep me dirty

To show how hard I played

Sitting still I get tired and Grandpa does too

We fall asleep in his chair

Mommy comes, Mommy laughs

And Me-Maw takes a picture

Now I’m older, away from Pap Pap

But that day still remains

In my mind forever as I look

At the photo Me-Maw took that day

Mud, oil, Play-Doh, paint

Covered from head to toe

A smaller me with my Grandpa

Cuddled in his lap