Thursday, May 08, 2008

Big Truck Day

The Department of Public Works for a nearby city opens some of their big equipment to the public each year. They display trucks and other earth-moving type vehicles in their parking lot, and kids can climb on them and get in the cabs, honk the horns, etc. Although it was rainy, it was still a lot of fun.


We went with the McC family, who also had one tag-along boy from our homeschool co-op (his mom was the head tester). So . . . 9 boys, 2 girls, and 2 moms. We were not the popular people to be behind in line.

Climbing all over a front loader.


Nine boys in the cab of a "leveler".


Nathan is on . . . something.


Luke and Jonathan on a bobcat.


Anna loved driving the street sweeper. She did not want a yellow plastic hard hat, however.


Gracie loved eating the free cookies they provided. She did not want to keep her hood on, even though it was raining.


1 comment:

Sandra said...

Looks like the kids had a blast! I know my sister used to say with her 2 boys that whenever things got a bit crazy in the house, she'd buckle them up in the car, pack a snack and take them somewhere there was construction equipment. She said the car would go quiet, the boys would just stare in awe and she'd have a good 1/2 hour of peace. :)