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What a hassle–we thought we’d get to dig this week, but the bureaucracy has thwarted our plans. Since the kids get such a big kick out of coming out to the place, they were as impatient as we are. So, we figured, why not let them get a head start on the digging?

We equipped them with hand shovels and set them loose. They wasted no time getting started.

So, it took a little while, but they did move some dirt:

But, they got lazy on me fast. Excavator Mike left some equipment laying around. Maybe that would speed things up a little.

My daughter wasn’t even a little bit afraid of that big machine. Neither was my son actually.

Okay, just so I don’t get angry comments, of course the kids didn’t do any excavation, at least not in quantities of more than a couple dozen tablespoons of dirt. I just sat them in the equipment for photos. (Sorry if that spoils the illusion for anyone, but I don’t want to get outraged comments from people who think I’m actually making my kids excavate for my foundation.)

Excavator Mike was too smart to leave the keys in it anyway.

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