Adventures

Another week is complete and the weekend is upon us, which means one thing in my house - the grandson arrives. The 8 year old conductor sleeps silently in the spare bedroom, and I know I must hurry to sleep as the adventures begin tomorrow. There is no apparent script to what awaits, but here is a good overview of past  Saturdays. The morning begins with all Disney characters gathering at the dining room table for breakfast where a race around upstairs takes place just after the meal completes. The little one assumes Donald Duck's persona as I am assigned Mickey and Goofy responsibilities - I have become adept at the voices. The race collides with Lightning McQueen and friends from the Cars movies as well as quite a few Minions. The first place trophy, an old sports trophy from our sun, is presented to Donald as he continues to win while Daisy adoringly watches. As the characters recoup from the race, we are transported to the Krusty Krab restaurant which is located downstairs. I work with Patrick to cook the Krabby Patties and prepare burgers for the steady stream of customers which is a large contingent from the earlier races - Mickey and Minnie share a Krabby Burger while Donald and Daisy share fries. My voice goes low to morph into Mr. Crabs as he questions Squibblers handling of cash register duties along with questions for the back kitchen staff. With restaurant duties complete, we travel to Sodor island and take a ride with Thomas and Friends and the day ends with a bike ride to local part where we hunt dinosaurs in the forest.