Grandboy (putting a Lego kit together): You know, grandpa, federal gov’t that’s out of control is actually scary.

Me (chuckling): Why do you say that?

Grandboy: BECAUSE GRANDPA if one group has all the power they can take your house and things and stuff.

Me: Yep. But we have ways to stop that from happening.

Grandboy: We do? But that’s the government.

Me: The folks who made out government structure put rules in place to keep that from happening. They were smart folks.

Grandboy: Sometimes I’m scared of things.

Me: Like what?

Grandboy: I don’t like to say their names, because, you know, I’ll start worrying about them.

Me: It’s ok. I’m scared of things too.

Grandboy: REALLY? Like what.. o you probably don’t want to say.

Me: It’s ok I can say it.

Grandboy: You CAN? You’re brave. What’s scares you?

Me: Reckless tax spending and a federal gov’t that’s out of control.

Grandboy: I meant like zombies.

Me: Yes it’s the same thing, boy.

It’s that time of year again where it’s my civic duty to explain to the grandkids the similarity between Santa Claus and 1984’s Big Brother

Grandboy (chopping tree brush with a hand axe): Whew

Me: Just be careful.

Grandboy: Yes grandpa

Me: Because if you get hurt, it’ll be an axeident

Grandboy: Uhhh

Me: Because you’re using an AXE

Grandboy: Uhhh

Me: And it will be an AXE…

Grandboy: If I laugh now, can we take an ice cream break?