Brandt's most frequent request

Can you guess what Brandt asks us to do all the time?

Several times a day, at least.  

Two things really.

First: Do a puppet show, Dad/Mom.

He loves us to tell him stories with puppets.  

However, we will frequently be derailed in our story telling if Brandt doesn't like where the story is going.  Here is an example:

One day, I had a horse puppet who was going to market with a pig (the one who went to market.)  The horse wanted to buy some oats and the pig was showing him the best place to purchase them.  When the horse and pig arrived, the shopkeeper (Brandt) informed us that he was all out of oats.  The horse asked for barley, and hay, and even some clover, but without luck.  So what is a puppeteer to do?  Ask the shopkeeper what he does have and let him create the story.  

Request number two?

Tell me a Jack and Simon story.

Jack and Simon Tanner are our neighbors and Brandt loves them.

He likes to go on adventures with them--to the circus, to the fire station, on motorcycle or four-wheeler rides, to the mountains or lakes or to help others in need.  

They have a marvelous time together, really and in our collective imagination.