13
May
2008

The Summer of Diggers, Diggers, and More Diggers!4

The boys, as many boys their age do, LOVE diggers and construction vehicles of every kind.  This summer our neighborhood will become a little boy’s heaven when the city descends upon us to re-do our sidewalks and all the street lighting. Today, the boys and I took a walk to the mailbox a few streets away. This happened to be where EPCOR has just started to work on replacing street lights and putting the wiring underground.  We passed several Bobcats, a backhoe, 2 dump trucks, and a flatbed truck.  About 1/2 a block from the mailbox we came across 2 EPCOR guys walking our way. They asked if we had some time and if we wanted to watch the Bobcat at work.  Well what mother in her right mind would pass that up?  At least not this mother.  So even though they weren’t quite ready to start work on the spot where we were, the guy in charge (who apparently remembered what it was like to LOVE diggers so much) had the Bobcat brought there instead.  The boys got to watch it scrape off the top layer of soil and then take the dirt off to the dump truck.  Afterwards they were allowed to play with their diggers in the dirt.  At the same time the guy in charge was explaining to me how they get the new electrical wires underground and telling me all the great things the city has planned for our neighborhood.  The best thing is that this is going to be happening for most of the summer on different streets around the neighborhood.  Pretty soon they will get to our street and all we’ll have to do is watch out the window, if the boys will find that satisfying enough after watching them work up close.  It should be a fun summer around here!

Posted: Drew & Bran, Edmonton

3
May
2008

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Sorry it’s taken me so long to get back to this and to blogging in general. I seem to do better writing in spurts. Usually when I get some free time when I don’t feel too tired to think. :-) As I’m sure you’ve been waiting on pins and needles. Right…anyway.

Holly and Theresa are awarded Toy Story groupies of the year. Yep, you were right, “to infinity and beyond.”  Although I must say I’m slightly depressed that it took us so long to figure it out when they were right in front of us and you both got it text only.  I’ll satisfy myself by pretending that had you heard it in Drew/Bran dialect it might have been more difficult!  Yeah, whatever… Kudos to you both!

I’ll see if I can come up with another one soon.

Posted: Drew & Bran