Construction Time

Jack Pointing at the Workers 

Over the late summer, our sidewalks and streets were repaved.  It's safe to say that this project was the biggest event of Jack's life so far.  At only 16 months old, Jack is a boy already completely obsessed with construction.  He loves when we see  the worker men in their yellow vests and hardhats, and we always have to stop to see what they are doing when passing a construction site.  So, as you can image,  he was beyond excited when the workers and trucks arrived to start working.... on our very own street!

So Happy Trying On His Hardhat for the First Time!

We turned Jack's highchair around so that he could watch the action through the dining room window while eating breakfast and lunch each day.  After finishing eating, he would usually want to stay in the chair as he had such a good view of the workers from up high.  Normally Jack would never stay in his chair for longer than the required time to eat a meal, but with the work going on there were some days where he would sit still watching for hours!   This was a very nice break for pregnant, tired mom... since many days I did not need to do anything at all to entertain him!   Sometimes he would press his face up against the window, and he would repeatedly point at and wave to the workers.

Project Supervisor

After a few days of sitting outside on the curb watching the work, Mom took Jack to get a little chair to sit in while watching from outside, and also a hardhat to wear.  Jack was very excited to wear his hardhat, just like his idols.

Jack Waving to the Workers From Front Porch

A Project Supervisor Needs to Stay Hydrated!

Since Jack logged more hours watching the work than anyone else on the street, we started calling him the Project Supervisor.  All of the workers knew him, and to Jack's delight, would say "hello Jack" and wave every morning.  A few of them made comments to me such as "saw your son with his face plastered against the window again this morning!"  They thought it was hilarious how into it he was.  They were all very nice and even told us that he could sit in one of the trucks for a picture.

































Now the work is all done and we have a beautiful new street.  Jack is the only one on the block who misses the constant noise and ongoing disruption!   The workers have moved onto other nearby streets, and we look for them on our walks so we can say "hello", and of course, Jack always wants to stop so he can survey the work!