With breakfast over with Gary and Jon went outside to play in the back yard. Dee and Ellen had left for the mall and they were going to buy some new school clothes and pick up a few supplies. Kim Beebe and Mrs. Sanford had taken Brian to the city park and planned to have lunch with some other lady friends so would be gone most the day.

Bob Beebe did not mind being left with the boys. He had several things he wanted do around the house preparing for winter. The weather was still holding out for warm weather, allowing the boys to play in only diapers and T- shirts.

"Boys, I want you to stay in the back yard while I go into the basement to fix that leaking hot water heater. If I need some help I will call for you, OK, boys?" Bob gathered up his tools as he headed for the basement. "OK, dad we are making some new roads for our cars in the sand box." Gary's hands were full of Matchbox collection cars. Jon followed carrying a shovel and bucket.

Bob stood watching the two boys for a moment noticing that Gary's diaper seemed somewhat small on him. "The boys are about to outgrow that size diaper, I must remember to get a size larger next time."

The boys soon busied themselves in the sand box building their make-believe highways for the small cars. Air was filled with the sound of toy cars sounds made by the two diapered boys.

So busy were the boys that they did not hear a `hello' from the fence line next door. Again but this time with a much louder volume, "Hey, boys!" It was Jon that first discovered someone was trying to get their attention. He mostly saw a movement out of the corner of his eye than hearing the call.

Tapping Gary on the head, Jon made a motion towards the fence. It was Mr. Dean next door.

"Oh, hi Mr. Dean", Gary called out as he made his way towards his neighbor. "Sorry we did not hear you before!"

Mr. Dean was a little strange in some ways, but Gary knew it must only be because he lived alone for so long after his wife died. John Dean was not a harmful man, but some of the other kids that did not get to know him were a little afraid of him. It must have been his deep, rough voice or the way he looked at them. Jon was not too sure he wanted to be too close to the fence. Gary took hold of two of the boards on the fence and sort of swung himself back and forth as Mr. Dean leaned closer to speak.

"Gary, I just wanted to let you know that this afternoon my Grandson, Jason will be visiting with me. He and his mother are thinking of moving back here so Jason can go to school here this year," John announced as he tilted his head getting a better view of Jon who was standing pigeon-toed a few feet away.

"We need to get to know each other better, Jon. Our names are the same." John Dean smiled, giving himself a complete new look, his eyes sparked and did not look as old as he usually does.

Jon came closer until he pulled at one of the fence boards. "My name is spelled differently then yours," Jon corrected the old man. "My real name is Jonathan but every one calls me just Jon.".

"You're right, Jon, I'm just John for no more reason then it is my name." John kept staring at the ground around the two boys.

Gary was trying to figure out just what John was looking at so he too started looking around below him.

Jon, following the eyes of the other two, began to feel a little uncomfortable so he also dropped his eyes to the ground looking around.

Mr. Dean, realizing his staring was causing the boys some concern, quickly looked away and made some comment about the warm weather for this time of year.

"Yes it is rather nice, isn't it?" Gary asked to make conversation.

The boys were by this time looking each other up and down being a little puzzled as to what Mr. Dean was looking at.

"I'm.... Sorry boys.... it's just that I don't see many boys outside wearing diapers these days. I bet they are cool on such a nice day," Mr. Dean said while trying not to look below their waist.

Now the boys were catching on why John was looking them over. "We wear them almost all the time now, so we don't think about it, but it must seem strange to you that us 11 year old boys would still be in diapers." Gary stood back so Mr. Dean could get a better look at him. "What do you think?" Gary proudly pulled the tail of his T-shirt up just far enough to show off his whole diaper then slowly turned around in a small circle.

It was obvious that Mr. Dean was a little flustered seeing these two boys so close up wearing only a diaper and shirt.

"Well, boys," John looked all around him as if seeing if anyone was watching, "I gotta be honest with you, it does take me back a bit." Then he added, "Between you and this fence post here, I think you're both very beautiful.....er, I mean nice looking".

Jon spoke up while nervously pulling at his shirt tail, twisting the material around his fingers. "Does Jason wear diapers?"

Mr. Dean's mouth fell open but no words came forth. Just a few, "Ahhhhh, well I, Ahhhh, actually I don't really know." "No, I don't really think so, boys, ahhhh, I know for a fact that Jason has been, ahhhh, potty trained, ahhhh since he was two and a half. I know this because his mother bragged so much about how she got him out of diapers so early." This talk of diapers and potty training was embarrassing the old man, who by now was doing his best to change the subject.

"You boys start into the 6th or 7th grade this year?" Again John formed this kindly smile that gave him a younger look.

"Both of us are in the 6th this year," Jon announced quite proudly.

"My, My, how you have grown, Gary, I remember you when you were in diapers........" Mr. Dean said it before he realized. "Oh my, well, when you were a baby anyhow."

Gary caught the humor in John's seemly dilemma. "That's OK, Mr. Dean, we don't mind you seeing us in diapers, we really like wearing them." Then Jon entered into the conversation by adding, "I sure hope Jason will want to wear them with us."

Mr. Dean looked right into the boy's eyes and told them, "Don't count on it." Then with an added thought he whispered by cupping his hand to his mouth, "His mother is a stinker about these thing you know...." then with a twinkle in his eye, "I sort of like them myself, shhhhh!"

About that same time, Bob Beebe called from the back porch asking the boys for a hand.

"Be right there, Daddy".

As the boys ran toward the house, Mr. Dean watched until they disappeared into the doorway. He walked slowly toward his own house shaking his head and chuckling to himself. "Boys....., God love them!" Mr. Dean took one last look toward the Beebe house before opening his back door.

Later that afternoon a car pulled into Mr. Dean's driveway. Gary and Jon watched from a safe distance as the smartly dressed lady got out pulling at her skirt showing signs of a long trip. Mr. Dean opened his arms. With a hug of joy, father and daughter embraced each other.

"That must be Jason," Jon said while struggling for a better view. A small boy of about 8 years old stepped from the car running towards his grandpa. "Grandpa, Grandpa!" the boy called out as he approached the older man. In one sweep of arms all three danced around as they greeted each other.

The boys continued to watch as the neighbors unloaded the car and disappeared into the house.

"I still hope he will like to wear diapers with us," Jon giggled out loud.

"Me too! wouldn't it be fun to have other kids in our town to talk with and all?" Gary echoed his friend.

"Me too!" Bob Beebe had been standing right behind them all the time. The two boys jumped from fright. "Oh, you scared us, Daddy." Gary said.

About the same time both boys realized what Bob had said. They looked at each other in disbelief that Bob Beebe would say that.

"Really!" the boys spoke in unison.

"Mr. Dean and I had a visit yesterday about his Grandson coming to stay for a while and that they would be here for this school year." Bob began to tell the boys what he had learned about the new boy.

"I figure he is about 8 years old am I right, Daddy?"

"Yes, 8 and a half really. John told me that his daughter has some strange ideas on raising a boy. He told me she treats him much like if he were a girl. I had asked him what he meant and he told me that she expects him to sit through a tea party and he is not allowed to get his clothes dirty." Bob could not imagine any boy that could go all day without getting his pants dirty at the knees or seat. "It just is not natural any way you look at it, a boy should not be made to act like girls."

"You mean he is a sissy boy?" Jon asked.

"Mr. Dean said he was rebelling against her for doing this to him," Bob said.

"Good for him, maybe we could help him, one day in our sand box and he would be as dusty as we are, HA HA!" laughed Gary.

"That is just what I want to talk to you boys about..... Mr. Dean is very concerned about how this is affecting the boy. The mother won't let him play much with other boys for fear he would get hurt, but he wants to see the boy treated as any boy ought to be treated," Bob explained. "You see, his mother has tied him with her apron strings........" Jon interrupted by asking, "Apron strings, you mean she ties him up so he can't do anything?"

"Not exactly, Jon, when I say apron strings I don't mean she ties him up, it means she has caused him to depend on her for every thing and she won't encourage him to think for himself. Do you understand what I am saying?" Bob explained

"Oh I see, in other words she is trying to make him just like herself."

"Something like that," Bob continued to tell the boys about the new boy.

"I asked John if he knew how she handled his potty training because how this is done will usually have one big effect on the child. John told me he knows for a fact that she had forced him to use the toilet long before he was ready to do so and the boy was always upset and crying before the lesson was over. But by the time Jason was two and a half she had broke his spirit until he would pee on demand. She had such a ridged schedule for him he had to poop on a time table." Bob knew this sounded kind of funny but it was true and it has caused some problems for the boy.

"Mr. Dean noticed how well adjusted you boys were and asked for my secret. I told him there was no secret but just let you be who you are with a little guidance. He asked me about potty training, if what she did was the new way of doing it or not. Well, I told him that to make a boy go potty like a girl was no way to train a boy. I told him that Brian will stay in diapers as long as he wants to used them and if he gives them up and wants to return I would not stand in his way." Bob sounded like a preacher for a minute there.

"What did he say about boys wearing diapers, Daddy" Gary was listening to every word his daddy was telling him.

"Funny that you should bring that up, Gary. He told me he has been watching you two boys playing in the backyard. He told me the first time he looked out his window and saw you swinging on the swing set wearing nothing but a diaper he could not believe his eyes. His first thought was, `where's their parents'. Then he said the more the thought about it the he could understand how nice it would be. No running in and out of the house for pee breaks, just enjoy the whole day outside in the fresh air." Bob continued.

"After a while we talked about why we let you be put back into diapers, I told him how much better you felt about yourself since you always had a dry bed and clothes. Mr. Dean told me how his mother put him back into diapers at a time when he had a bad case of diarrhea. He told me how he would make a diaper for himself long after that cleared up and how he hoped he could get diarrhea again just so he could wear a diaper. But he said he could never allow himself to play out in the yard like you boys do." Bob smiled then reminded the boys that needing diapers and wearing them was something a lot of boys had done.

"When I have a little boy, I will let him wear diapers all the time," Gary said and Jon agreed.

Bob told the boys that they would need to use wisdom when they talk with Jason and be careful for his own feelings, "It may take time for him to understand why you like to wear them. And you will not say or do anything that would upset his mother."

"OK, daddy we will be careful."

About that time Ellen and Dee returned with their arms full of school things.

Dee looked the boys over head to foot, "Haven't you boys been changed all day?" She had noticed the indicator on Garys diaper showed the blue line as wet.

Ellen called out for the boys to follow them into their room, "We'll take good care of you soon as we put these things down."

The boys looked at Bob who was motioning with his head to follow the girls.

Gary went after a couple of night diapers while Jon brought the changing mat. The girls room always smelled so good with perfume, powders and other girl things.

"You only brought in one diaper apiece? Ellen raised her eyebrows at Gary.

"They are the heavy night time diapers.....!" Jon pointed out.

Dee had Gary lie on the mat she had just placed on the floor. As she pulled Gary's T-shirt up to his chest she sent Jon back into his room to get four more.

"Four..... that would be three apiece, why so many?" Gary looked puzzled.

Ellen just pulled something out of one of the larger bags she carried in earlier. "Here is something just for you boys." She held up a pair of waterproof outer pants for the boys to see."

"They are too big!" Jon remarked.

"Not after you have three of the heavy diapers on!" Dee laughed just as she finished placing the first diaper on Gary.

Meanwhile Ellen had begun to remove Jon's dirty diaper.

By the time the last diaper was placed over the others, the girls had to pull and stretch the top diaper tightly so it could be fastened. Both boys were so well padded they could not get their legs together. When Ellen had Jon sit on the edge of her bed so she could slip on the waterproof panties he could hardly walk to the bed.

Holding onto the headboard Jon raised one foot enough to allow Ellen to slip his leg into one hole of the panties then the other one. With much effort she was successful in getting the adult size outer garment to fit over the bulging diapers.

The boys were sent to their bedroom and tucked into bed by the giggling girls. Each boy got a big kiss and a wish for a good nights sleep.

Before going to sleep the boys began to plan how they might get Jason into diapers.

Gary turned over onto his stomach but found the diapers raised his lower body so high he could not get his legs to lay flat on the bed. Trying to turn back onto his back once again proved to be a major operation.

Once the boys feel asleep they did not awake until morning.