for throwing sand.

This is hilar,

do you think I'm taking a picture?

That would be a really cute picture,

but I'm vloggin' right now!

What kind of a snack are you having?

- Goldfish.

- Goldfish.

- And there's fish.

- [Mother] On the outside of the cup, too?

- Mm-hmm (affirmative).

- So Caleb has been begging and begging

to climb this tree, and we've just said,

"You can do it

"as long as you can come back down,"

and he keeps trying,

but then he needs help down,

and he's tested higher and higher.

You sure you can't climb down, bud?

'Kay, we need the fire department.

- Here comes the fire department.

Okay, buddy.

Are you a kitty-cat caught in the tree?

- Yeah.

- What's your idea, what's your escape plan, huh?

- Get the fire fighter to save me.

- Yeah, the fire fighers'll

take care of me.

- I don't know.

- [Father] Did Papa save you?

- Yeah.

- Sit,

and just sit right there,

okay, buddy?

- Daddy, can I get up again?

I want to-

- [Father] No!

- I want to get that high!

I can get down from there!

- So Laura just came running into the house

to grab me,

she said, "Mom! There's a spider by the rocks!"

And I came out to see it.

Is it down there?

Oh my goodness!

That's called a beetle, Laura.

Are you nervous?

- Yes.

- [Mother] Do you want mama to get it?

- Mm-hmm (affirmative).

- [Mother] Oh look, it's moving!

Look how pretty it is, Laura!

She's like holding onto me, watching!

- [Father] Whatcha building?

- The decorates for the

playhouse.

- [Father] Have you enjoyed working with Papa?

- He's the best papa in the world, right?

- [Father] Right.

- He lets you build anything by yourself,

actually.

Once, he let me build my own thing.

- [Father] Going to come up to

a big jump off,

so you're going to have to jump, okay?

Good job!

(bluesy guitar)

- Yeah! (mumbles)

- Well we've been working a lot this morning,

we finalized putting the swingset solid into the ground.

We had poured concrete

and bolted it down so that it was stable and level.

- [Mother] So Elise has still been crocheting,

and check it out,

her string is so long now!

What?

- Can't you believe that a kid done this?

- Yeah, that's amazing!

That's amazing.

Laura, you just watching?

- Mm-hmm (affirmative).

Good job, Lisey!

- Thank you!

- New!

- Well, I'm not a handy-man,

but it's such a blessing to have Jeff,

Kendra's dad, to

show me some of these things,

and just the tools he has

and the methods he uses,

I'm learning a ton,

and it makes me want to build a fort

in our backyard,

or do some of these projects on my own.

- Well I still have had a bad cold,

and so, I just woke up from a good nap,

and Miss Laura, did you take a nap?

- Yeah.

- How was it?

- Good.

- Yeah?

What are the boys doing?

- Making a treehouse.

- Are you excited about it?

- Yeah.

And make a slide!

- Is there going to be a slide on it?

- Yeah!

- Are you going to play on the treehouse?

- Yeah.

- Yeah?

- I'm going to say,

"Ding dong, time for food!"

- Oh, you're going to say

"Ding dong, time for food,"

at the treehouse?

- Yeah.

- Do you want to go help build?

- Yeah!

- What tool do you want to use?

- A big one!

- A big one?

- Yeah.

- A big one?

Should we go see what the boys are doing?

- Yeah.

(bluesy guitar)

- Whoa!

Run, run, run, run!

Good one!

- It's a heart!

- Is there a heart on your shirt?

- Yeah.

- What does this say?

- It says Laura.

- Oh, it says Laura?

- Yeah.

- I think it says, "adorable."

- Oh.

I see my daddy!

- You see your daddy?

What's he doing?

- Picking the trees up.

(classical music)

- [Mother] All right,

Lisey's first time peeling.

So you slide it away.

- Oh.

- [Mother] Does that make sense?

Good job, Miss Lise.

All right, the next step is layering those apples

into the pan.

Very nice, Miss Elise.

- Thanks.

- [Mother] Now we're adding the topping.

Which is the best part, right?

- Mm-hmm (affirmative).

- [Woman] And just scooch it around.

- Oh!

- [Grandma] Woops.

- I'll clean it up!

I'll clean it up.

- [Grandma] No, it's all right.

Grandma's going to clean it up.

Let's go.

- [Mother] Oh!

I think we scared the sneeze out of her!

It's so beautiful up here at the cabin.

It's been so nice to spend a little bit more time here

than we usually can.

Unfortunately, we only have

a day and a half left,

and I feel like I'm already like sad about it

and plotting and planning

when we can come back.

It's just quiet and peaceful

and we don't have any Internet up here,

and so I can't be distracted by my phone

or social media, or anything.

Like it's just kind of easier to have

that special time together.

And I love the things the kids are learning

and the experiences they're having with their grandparents

and, it's a little bit of a magical place

for me and our family, I guess.

You guys have quite the crew here.

- Look, they're building the thing!

(ragtime music)

- Good.

- It's cool because out here,

you don't really need a sandbox,

because there's just sand.

Miss Laura, what are you making?

- Food!

- [Mother] Food? What kind of food?

- Marshmallows.

- [Mother] You're making marshmallows?

Looks like somebody's going to need a bath tonight!

- Maybe.

- I do?

- [Mother] Yeah, you do.

- Oh.

- [Mother] You need a bath tonight.

What you doing over there, bud?

- Playing football.

- [Mother] Playing football?

- I couldn't find a football,

so I'm just doing this.

- [Mother] Nice.

Way to be flexible.

Laura's in time-out

for throwing sand

You doing okay, Laura?

(mechanical tools)

- Mad!

- [Mother] You're mad?

- Yeah, I want to

play by Papa!

- [Mother] I know, I want you to be able

to go play with Papa, too,

but you can't yet,

'cause you're in time-out.

- But I want to!

- [Mother] Do we throw sand?

No.

- I want to go out.

- [Mother] Okay, are you ready to go say sorry?

- Yeah!

- [Mother] All right.

You can get down.

That's why Papa's holding onto you!

- [Father] Would you like to go down a slide

from up there?

- Yeah, and go wee!

- All the kids want to try the new platform.

There's going to be a railing,

so they're hanging out with Papa up there.

- And then there's going to be a slide

to slide down!

- Like this!

- Does it feel pretty cool up here?

- Yeah!

- Do you like it?

Can you see over to the tree?

- [Mother] She's going to do dance parties

up in the treehouse.

- There it is,

she's doing the Papa!

- Doing the Papa!

- [Father] Do the Papa!

- Get your hips going.

- [Father] Do the Papa!

There it is.

- You're doing the Papa.

- [Father] There it is.

That's why we built this.

- Perfect, nailed it!

- (Mumbles)

- Put a slide up there.

One, two, three!

- [Papa] Turn sideways.

Your head!

- It feels really good!

- [Papa] And I threw you a curveball,

it's coming right at your head,

and then it curves down,

strike!

And you were like,

"Oh, it's at- right at my head!"

Here's the sinker.

Go ahead and hit it.

Oh, it sunk!

- Well it looks like we'll finish the fort tomorrow,

so it'll be fun to get that done.

Elise, do you see this little plant right here?

- [Elise] Mm-hmm (affirmative).

- [Father] That's a baby

Ponderosa pine tree.

- Wow.

- [Father] It will grow

to be one of these,

if it continues to grow.

- But the kid one over there

by the tree swing will,

it's a...

- [Father] It's a little bigger?

- It's a kid, it's a kid.

- [Father] Yep.

And then it's going to become a teenager.

- And then a mom!

- [Father] Awesome.

- Or a dad.

- All right, here's the apple crisp,