>>>>Sounds like Grandfather got a good present too. I always remember the look on my fathers face when one of my kids fell asleep while Dad was holding them.
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>>>Yes, he is really taken with Travis [and Travis with him]. I forgot, we also made old fashioned homemade ice cream on their back porch. That was a big hit with the kids as well.
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>>Was it using an electric cranker or was it really the old fashioned hand cranking? My father-in-law still uses the hand cranking. It usually takes two to make the ice cream. One to crank and the other to feed the salt around the ice.
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>We have an electric one [I am not into superfluous work effort]. I do remember the old wooden bucket kind with the corroded hand crank assembly [child to sit on top of it while cranking not included]. There never were enough towels covering the top to keep my butt from getting cold when I had to sit on top of the crank. For the curious -- the crank sits across the bucket which turns a paddle in the ice cream container. The more the ice cream thickens, the harder it is to turn the crank and keep the bucket still. So some unlucky kid was recruited to sit on top of crank to hold the bucket down. Over time, the crankg assembly would start to corrode because of the use of rock salt scattered in the ice around the container.

Yeah only the strong got to crank when the Ice Cream started to harden.

But what a great Norman Rockwell picture that would make. One guy cranking, sweat pouring down his face. A red headed kid sitting on top of the bucket to keep it still. An elderly gentleman in bibs standing overseing the whole operation with a bag of Rock Salt in hand. And then the whole family waiting in the back ground with bowls and spoons. Pictured entitled 'A summer treat'.

If I only could paint.