Tuesday Sept 29, 2015
I rode the bus to school, had a good day at school earning a red = outstanding behavior, and rode the bus home.  Papa and Grandma were standing at the corner waiting for my bus.

 I soon found out that they had been working for several hours putting my basketball goal together.

   Papa dug a big hole and filled it with concrete and the bottom piece of the pole.  We have to wait until Thursday to add the rest of the pole, backboard and rim.

Supervisor GGF, and Grandma and Barbara helped read the instructions...

and put all the little parts together to build the upper part of the pole...

 ...the backboard...

... and rim.  Thursday they will put the last twenty little pieces together before getting three strong people together to lift it all into place.

Here it is all assembled.  The instructions say have at least two strong people to lift the pole and backboard into place.  We all know Grandma is as strong as most men so they decided Papa and Grandma could do it. 

 Papa backed the bed of the pickup up to the pole.  They lifted the pole onto the bed of the truck.  They just had to lift it a few inches and drop it into place.  GGF gave his approval.

A few final adjustments...

Job well done.

I played nicely with Alyssa and Anthony until I had to get cleaned up.

After changing my shirt, washing my face and hands, I only had to wait a few minutes before my dad arrived.  I showed him my basketball goal in all its pieces, then we got in his truck and headed to my school.  Tonight was Dad's night at school where we ate pizza and heard about WATCH D.O.G.S. volunteers.  The DOGS stands for Dads Of Great Students.  It is a program for dad's to get involved with kids by participating at school by monitoring school property, working one-on-one or in small groups, reading, using flashcards, helping with homework, refereeing games, listening or whatever else needs to be done to plant seeds of success in the lives of the students.