At work the past week or so we have been building a garage in South Hill, Moose Jaw. Every day we are "supervised" by 5 - 7 little pairs of eyes that, at some time in the morning, peek over the fence from their daycare to see what is going on. Lots of questions. "What are you making?" "Is it a garage?" "Is it hard to make a garage?" "What's your name?" "Which one is the boss?" "My brother works at McDonald's." "Can you pick up my sandle? I dropped it over the fence!" Most of the time we hear happy sounds as the kids play on their lunch break and after school. However, over the last couple of days, we have heard some more curious exclamations from over the fence. One squeeky little voice continuously yells, "I hate you!" to which the worker continuously replies, "Stop being so high maintenance!"
What can we do as construction workers but listen and enjoy! It's hilarious to hear such little kids trying to understand the world. For kids whose day consists mostly of going to school and playing in the back yard, it must be exciting to watch a bobcat dig, a concrete truck pour, walls go up, and a building appear.
One particular day (yesterday), when there was an over-average number of little faces peering over the fence, Phil the roofer, who was shingling the roof, decided to turn the hose on the kids while watering down hot shingles, which caused an eruption of shouts and screams and giggles, and another occurrence of "I hate you!"
Kids in the workplace. They definitely make the day interesting!
In a week and a few short days, we'll be off on a wedding extravaganza week! My sister is getting married in Victoria, BC, on June 20, and then Jenn's sister is getting married six days later in Montreal! So, there will be lots of flying for us in the next little while... We're looking forward to lots of visiting, and involvement -- ushering, serving communion, groomsmaning/bridesmaiding, reception games, and most likely the millions of forgotten/overlooked/near-emergency/gotta-get-it-done-right-now odd jobs on the morning of weddings.
