Diggers and Dump Trucks

Our neighborhood is not on city sewers and after many years of "planning" to do the necessary work to have the infrastructure in place, it is finally our turn.  Consequently, this has meant months of road construction either on our street or the streets on all sides of us.  Most recently, our street has been dug up and pipes inserted, completing the first step. 

While this has meant inconveniences on many levels for us, the children on our street have been loving the activity of dump trucks arriving early in the morning and plenty of excavators, diggers and bull dozers staying parked through the night after the workmen leave for the day (playtime!).  One other perk is NO traffic...and while this is a bit of an annoyance as our nanny is trying to arrive and we are trying to depart, besides the rumbing of trucks, not many other cars attempt what is left of our road. 

What you see when you look out any of our front windows...you can almost make out our mailbox hiding behind the mound of dirt.  And speaking of dirt...the dirt and dust on our cars is so embarrassing.  But there is really no point in washing.  Yet another reason why we could use som rain!

This is the best way we can think to keep four children of moving an inch.  They were so excited to be standing atop the excavator, but with only a few inches for their little feet (and no shoes on 3 of the 4??) - they each glued their backs to it. 

Elly Rose has perfected the word "truck" and is sure to alert us each time she hears one coming down our street.  Bennett asks in all seriousness if he wears his hard hat, can he go help the workmen?