Construction: Week 1

October 31: Construction Day 1

Gavin woke up to his favorite piece of machinery, an excavator, in his backyard:

(Gavin pointed out that Santa Clause was driving the excavator--ha!)

You can imagine this is where the kids were the entire time the excavator was working!

It ripped the deck clear off the back of the house and pulled/pushed it into the backyard--whole:

It dug a trench for the concrete foundation:

Day 1 was only a couple of hours and then we had the rest of the day to throw on old clothes and play in the new dirt pile!

Our neighbor Gabe came over and he and Gavin played and played and played:

Gabe told me this is called a "dirt clod tower."

Somebody else enjoyed demo as well:

(yes, that would be insulation she's laying on)

Day 2: Mixer Truck

(end of driveway)

It poured the concrete foundation, and when it dried, the boys had to go run on it:

Dumpster Delivery:

You can imagine how Gavin has been BESIDE HIMSELF with all of this heavy machinery coming to our house! No need for playdates or me coming up with fun activities--just open the door and let the boy watch the action! :)