Playing G.I. Joe In the Sunshine

This past weekend was so sunny and warm we decided to gather-up our GI Joes and head out to play. We have a horse stable in the front yard which the kids and I spent 2-hours transforming into "Cobra Command Center" and "Joe Headquarters". What a great way to spend the weekend! Brice left early that morning with our friend Jason to go look at a couple of Snow Mobiles that someone was selling North of town. Jason ended up buying two snow mobiles, but the big surprise was that Brice came home with a YAMAHA QUAD! The story I've been told is that while helping Jason load the snow mobiles into his truck, Brice noticed a quad sitting rather abandon-looking near the house. He asked the guy if it was for sale. The guy said it wasn't for sale, because it wasn't running, but then after thinking about it for a second, told Brice, "If you've got 50 bucks on you, it's yours." Brice proceeded to pay the guy the $50, drove down to Walmart and bought it a $30 battery, and had the quad up and running lickety-split. So he pulls up in the front yard, me and the boys are busy playing GI Joe, and announces "Daddy brought home a surprise for you!" The boys grabbed their helmets and Brice gave them each rides around the neighborhood before calling it a day. The GI Joes were left to lie in their elaborate command centers, forgotten for the time being, for much noisier and obnoxious toys.