Week 2 - The machines are here!

Seems like the machines arrive daily.  Just this week we've had a big dump truck swing by to empty our dumpster, an excavator was on site, and now a green tractor lives in our driveway overnight.  Construction Junction is legit - we have workmen AND work trucks!

This is what you see when you pull up to our house.  The dumpster and portapotty are there for the whole project.  If you need a potty break while on a walk in the neighborhood, stop in!

Not sure if the shadows are too dark, but this shows the arrival of the tractor, as well as the start of a cinder block wall.... and the carport full of sand!  Sand is everywhere!  Packed sand apparently is the base for the new slab that will be poured.

More sand!  There's sand inside the old storage room, a sand pile inside the moat (which has been filled in!), and the remaining brick wall holding up the electrical meter has been fully removed.  That meter is barely hanging on!

The moat is now full of cement with rebar posts sticking out.

A closer view of the sand inside the carport, and the in-progress cinder block wall.  I think more sand is coming today!

And here's the current star of the show - the big green tractor!  OF COURSE I let the kids climb on it.  OF COURSE I took their picture.  And, OF COURSE I waited until the work crew left to do it.



Attempting to "drive" with her feet.



See this face?  This face loves tractors!