Renovations - Part 3

Another whole week has passed, but the builders have only turned up here twice this week. Even then, they only did half a day's work each time. They must be very fast workers, though, because they are still right on schedule, and the foundations have been laid already! As someone said, all the work so far has been destruction, but now the construction has begun - and it is far more exciting to watch!

Here are a couple of views of the newly-laid foundations. I had taken a video of the cement truck pouring the concrete, but the video camera won't let me upload any videos onto my computer, so this will have to do for now.

From the backyard:

We did have a minor hiccup with the foundation laying, however. Joseph and Caleb were playing outside shortly after the concrete had been laid (already a recipe for disaster, I know). Even though they were "under supervision", they must have devised a cunning escape plan so they could explore the new construction. Joseph skillfully distracted the supervisor/babysitter (who won't be named, to save them embarrassment), while Caleb sneakily made his getaway and "explored" the new concrete, even going so far as to "test it." This consisted of depositing both feet into the concrete, until he was up to his knees in the stuff. He then took about 12 steps, dragging his little legs along in the concrete. By the time we discovered him, he had, as you can imagine, done considerable damage. Nevertheless, Dad managed to quickly grab a nearby board of wood and smooth out all the concrete before any permanent damage was done. Fortunately the builders weren't there at the time, or they may have been upset with us. Like the saying goes, all's well that ends well - we were certainly very lucky that everything turned out okay in the end.

Well, that's it for now. Sorry I didn't get to take more photos this time. Have a great week!