Dad had picked up the birthday gift tags instead of the Christmas tags, so I couldn't help but capture this. All the gifts that he wrapped to us and my mom had some form of birthday tag on it. Here's an example of what our gifts looked like. With Christmas wrapping paper, everyone of them had a Happy Birthday tag. After a good visit with my parents in Dallas, we loaded up the car and headed to Louisiana to visit my 94-year old grand father.My grandfather was always know for finding new uses for everyday appliances around the house. Despite being in a retirement home, we realized that he still has his touch. We first noticed that he had replace the switch on his desk lamp because the switch was getting too hot, the second thing we noticed was he had twisted a hanger into an over the door hook for his clothes.
The third thing we found was that they use was the chains used by the dentist when you get your teeth cleaned make great napkin holders to make a bib. At lunch my grandfather put his on, so that he wouldn't get anything on his shirt.
Little did we know that he had one for each of us:
The final thing that we learned from my grandfather was that the bungee cord that my parent's gave him for Christmas could be used for a belt.
I actually gave him the idea, and the next day when we came by, he was using his new bungee cord as a belt. Notice that the bungee cord actually comes above his waistline, but it still does the trick. We had a great visit with family, and are excited about spending many more Christmases together!
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