Tractors

Work has finally begun on the road that is going in behind our house. Most people on our street are not happy that they are going to have a road running behind their houses, but I don't really care. We already have a busy road on one side of our house, so a non-busy road on another side doesn't really phase me. What does excite me is that they are burying the canal behind our house. That canal has scared me since the day we moved in. They have to bury it for the road to go in, so it will no longer be a danger to my kids. Water is just such an attractant. Most kids are scared of a noisy busy street, but can't resist the urge to throw rocks into water.

On Monday the big equipment rolled into the field behind our house. The boys noticed the giant excavator's arm over our fence, and ran to our upstairs window to get a better look. I decided this was worth getting a closer look, so I bundled the three boys up and we walked up our hill and around to where they were working. I kept them at a safe distance, and we just sat and watched the work. The giant excavator was digging dirt out of the canal, then loading it into a dump truck, then the dump truck took the dirt to the opposite side of the field and dumped it. The boys were fascinated. We went back to our house when Sara came home from Kindergarten. Then loaded up camp chairs and grabbed little bags of chips for the kids, and went back up to watch. It was so cute to see the kids lounging in their chairs, munching on Doritos, watching in awe as the "tractors" worked. Oh, the simple joys of life when you are a little boy!