Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Free Entertainment

Ours neighbors across the street are adding on to their house. We are on week two of construction with the street lined with trucks and lots of workers milling around, not to mention the Porto potty in the front yard that Zac finds quite amusing. Rather than a nuisance, this has worked in our favor. It has provided my children with hours of free entertainment.


I finally got sick of standing in the doorway with Luke when the front loader was digging and dumping and thought I should just get him a chair. He sat there for at least 30 minutes.




Here they are today before school watching Claire's favorite choice of truck, the mixer.

My only irritation to this is that Luke now periodically goes to the front door with a toy truck in hand crying "Out!" All. Day.

But I do feel this is better than what he has been trying to bring in the house lately.

4 comments:

Charlotte said...

When my girls were little, we usually went looking for construction to watch! Great entertainment!

Rosemary said...

Love the picture with Luke trying to push the lawn mower into the dining room. He LOVES that "mo." Can't beat that free entertainment across the street. We had to rush out one morning in footy pajamas to watch the little Bobcat scooting around in the front yard. Luke's got big dreams of a "life with trucks."

Susan said...

I love that every little boy goes through a truck phase!

Rosemary said...

Okay, I just have to add that today Luke lined up TWO of the big plastic city garbage cans by the side door. When he realized he couldn't get them through the door, I saw these little hands reaching up to hold the handles as he pushed both cans into the backyard. What a strong, determined, cute little boy! Must take after his Grandma RoRo! :-) Talk about cheap entertainment....