"Does everybody know what time it is?" Heidi asked as I adjusted Hannah in the sling, with her pouting at me.

"Tool Time!" Al and I walked out with Hannah snuggled into my chest. She looked up at me with a pout.

"What? Are you wanting to be alone with Daddy?" I teased playfully.

Al chuckled at me, looking at Hannah. "She's growing every day!"

"No, duh, Al, that's what kids do," I teased.

"Here's the star of the show, Tim the Tool Man Taylor!" Heidi clapped as I walked out, with Hannah starting to yawn.

I took off my coat and gently took Hannah out of the sling. With a laugh, I made a silly face at Hannah and she laughed, making my heart melt. She kicked her feet and made me laugh with a smile.

"Are you making the audience smile?" I bounced her and cooed at her.

With a laugh, Hannah kicked her feet.

"Tim, how old is she?" Al asked as I held her and kissed her head.

I smiled. "She's about seven weeks. Daddy's favorite girl."

Hannah laughed and sneezed, making it one of the cutest little sneezes I had ever heard from a baby.

I put Hannah back in the sling and she went back to sleep for one of her naps. With her back and asleep, I had my hands free to work on the project with Al. When she got older, I imagined I'd put her on the chair or have her sit in one of her own to watch Daddy work on the show. It'd be so cute! When she was eight or so, Jill said she could help me work on the show!

"Back to our project. Today, we're showing you how to start building a playground for your very own backyard," I smiled.

"The first thing you want to do is look at the blueprints," Al smiled.

He laid them out and I smiled at what I saw, with Hannah clutching onto my shirt. There were two swings, a swing for two, two handles and a slide with a ladder. I knew it wouldn't be used for quite a while since she wasn't big enough to play. It'd be about two or three years for that to happen. There was also a baby swing which would come in handy in a few months.

"Now, we have all the materials cut for what you'll need to do for the playground," I told, indicating the wood behind me.

"We're first going to build the fort," Al told as I looked at him.

"Aren't you a little old for a fort?" I teased as Al ignored me.

"You need to take the 4x4 posts, two 2x4 tarp boards, and two 2x6 sandbox boards and fasten them together with assemblies," I did that (after putting Hannah in her stroller so that she wouldn't get hurt.

"Use the bolt holes to mark the spots of the holes," I told and then drilled the holes, along with bolting them.

"Erect the canopy posts and bore bolt holes through the support and the post. Use a four-foot level to check that they're plumb and then tighten the nuts and bolts."

I did that and none of it seemed to bother Hannah who was now playing with one of her toys in her bouncer seat. While we were working, I noticed that Brad had come and taken Hannah inside (probably told to by Jill). After we would be done with the project, Jill and I would probably be cooking supper.

"Fasten the deck boards to the deck supporters and install the deck springer," I told as I did that. "Install the panel boards and wall panels."

As I worked, I thought about how much fun Hannah would have on this. When she was older, she'd have five playmates to play with. When Marty and Nancy came with their twins, she'd have kids to play with that were her exact same age. Well, aside from being five months older.

"The next step is to install the ladder," Al told as I started building the ladder with Al's help and I didn't notice Mark watching from the window.

"Fasten the swing hangers to the swing beam. Join together the swing beam legs, using the leg bracket," I kept building, with Jill watching out the window, holding Hannah in her arms.

"The next step is to mount the swing beam support. Stand the swing beams upright and with a partner, position the beam. Fasten the swing beam to the brackets."

We were on the very last step aside from painting which would come in a couple weeks to do.

"Install the swing-beam cross support on the legs, the safety board adjacent to the sandbox, the front panel above the slide and the remaining board for the sandbox."

I smiled and got up. "And that's how you build a playground for your kids. Find out tomorrow how to paint and how to attach the equipment."

….

"Does everybody know what time it is?" Heidi asked as Brad and I geared to get ready to be on the show.

It was Brad's first time being on the show since I hadn't wanted to seem like I had favorites, but Brad wanted to help with this part. Randy wasn't really interested in tools, so he volunteered to babysit Hannah while we were doing the show. He had a love for his sister that was like no other.

"Tool Time!" Brad and I walked out.

Brad carried red and yellow buckets of paint and I carried the blue bucket of paint. With a smile, Brad waved and then looked at the playground that Al and I had built last night while he was at soccer practice. It was exciting to get to do this with my son since Al was out of town for the week.

"Today, we're gonna show you how to paint this playground that's for the best little sister ever!" Brad grinned.

I laughed with a smile. "This is my oldest son, Brad. Al's out of town so Brad will be here today and Mark tomorrow."

"What you need is the playground, sandpaper, primer, latex paint, roller frame and rollers, paintbrushes and foam paintbrushes," Brad added.

"The first thing you wanna do is sand the furniture," I told and started sanding it with Brad waiting. "I recommend the 229 grit."

"The next thing you wanna do is apply the primer. When you do, wait an hour before you do anything after," Brad told.

As he was applying the primer with me, my chest was swelling with pride. My boy was actually on my show with me, working with his hands. I wanted him to have a love of tools and cars just like me. Nothing described the feeling of being on my show with the boy who I raised for 13 years.

"Since the primer has dried, we'll start painting. We recommended using red, yellow and blue since kids love primary colors," I added.

"We're painting the fort blue, the top beams red and the other parts yellow," Brad grinned at me. "But you can do it however you want."

We started painting it and it seemed a lot more real that Hannah would be playing on the playground in a few years. I'd be chasing after her and playing games once her brothers were moved out of the house. It'd just be Jill, Hannah and me in about nine years when Hannah was nine. Mark would be 18, Randy would be 21 and Brad would be 22.

"And there you have your painted playground! I really hope my sister will like it," Brad smiled at me.

I laughed softly. "She will."

Like Randy, Brad too had a special love for his baby sister. He loved getting to have a little girl to protect but also to play with. Baby girls gave affection that boys did not and it was just precious.

"Thanks for being here!" Brad waved.

"Tomorrow, we'll assemble the playground," I told with a smile.

I walked out with Tim and gasped at the playground. It was painted red, blue and yellow with playground equipment. There was a red slide, yellow swings and a blue teeter totter. It just looked so cute!

"Oh, Tim, we love it," I smiled. "Hannah, do you like your new playground?"

She cooed in agreement and touched it. Tim chuckled softly. "Good, I'm glad."