Helping the "diggers"

Our neighbor had a water line break. Unfortunately, his water line runs right through our front yard and under our driveway. So, last week there was a crew digging up our yard. Luckily, they were able to mostly bore under the driveway, and only had to dig four holes in our yard. (One hole was pretty big, though.)

Julia was fascinated by all that was going on. I would go out a couple times a day to check the progress and see what they were all doing to my yard. Julia would come out with me and would follow the "diggers", as she called them, and constantly be asking questions. "Why are they doing that. mommy?", etc.. One of the workers said he had a daughter about Julia's age and thought it was cute. Actually all four of the workers thought it was cute and funny. You could see them chuckling at the constant stream of questions she asked me.

At one point she was following the guy who had the daughter Julia's age. Julia was a tail on this guy. No matter how many times I told her to stay back, she seemed to be a foot behind this guy, asking him what he was doing and if she could help. They were grading and seeding grass at that point, so the big equipment was gone and she was not in danger of getting hurt, just in danger of annoying the guy. He laughed at it and asked if she always asked so many questions.

I was very happy with the company. They left my yard in great shape. They filled in and seeded all the holes and tracks their equipment made. They even put gravel down in the spots in the driveway that got a little tore up. I was pleased that the neighbor hired a company that did such a good job making sure my yard was put back to normal. Now I just have to try to get grass to grow in the middle of the summer!