Today I noticed a concrete mixer pull up across the street from us. When I got to the window, I noticed that there were three city trucks out there as well. Last week the city had done some work under the street and hadn't repaired the hole in the concrete yet, so it didn't suprise me. I told the kids that we were taking a break from school and we all threw shoes on and stood on our front walk to watch the concrete work. The whole thing took about eight minutes, 7 city workers, three city trucks, one concrete mixer truck, two concrete rakes, four 'hand held smoother things', some white liquid in a sprayer, and a piece of heavy white plastic. All to fill a piece of street about 4'x6'. My tax dollars at work! :)

The kids thought it was pretty neat. (even though I should have grabbed jackets on our way out the door, so we were all a little chilly.)  :)  And as the whole caravan drove off, the last truck (the one with the only lady worker in it) honked and the people inside waved to the kids. It was a nice little distraction and a learning opportunity besides.

Hope you all had a productive school day as well! :)