If you give a boy a camera...

he will want to take a picture of something really important.

He will search high and low, and will finally decide to take a picture of a scrape on his leg.

Taking a picture of the scrape will remind him of Grammy and Poppi's RV step, where the scrape happened.

Thinking about the RV step will remind him of how much fun he had helping Poppi fix the RV. He will talk about all the different tools that Poppi had, and how he needs to go back to the Blue House soon so he can help Grammy and Poppi some more.

Talking about Poppi and his tools will remind him of the other fun things he did at Grammy and Poppi's. Like the airshow. He will want you to find his Thunderbolt airplane and his little brother's Flying Fortress airplane so they can fly their airplanes around the house.

Flying the airplanes around the house will remind his little brother about all the fun that he had at Grammy and Poppi's, too. He will say "I miss Poppi" and then will talk about all the hair that Poppi has on the back of his hands.

Talking about Poppi's hands will remind the boys about playing Spider with Poppi. They will want you to play Spider, too, and they don't mind too much that you don't play as good as Poppi does.

Playing Spider will make the little boy think about Poppi's watch, since that is also close to his hands. He will have fun remembering how he borrowed it from him and pretended it was a camera.

Thinking about the pretend camera will remind the boy of taking a picture with a real camera. He will want to use your camera again.

And chances are, if you give him your camera, he is going to want to take a picture of something really important with it...

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(written with apologies to the author of "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie..." (who really knows how little kids' minds work!), and based on a compilation of funny things the boys have said since their visit to Grammy and Poppi's last month.