A few weeks ago we had four trees in our yard cut down -- 2 pesky, pinecone-dropping pine trees that we didn't want to fall on the house and 2 equally pesky gumball-dropping sweet gums threatening damage to our roof. I wish I had the words to adequately capture the sheer excitement, curiousity, and joy that Boo and Tukes experienced the morning that the tree crew arrived, along with their skid steer, mulch chipper, stump grinder, and cherry picker truck. It was a morning spent in front of the window for two little boys who find no greater delight than watching machinery with wheels and loud engines. At the end of the day all four windows across the front of our house were plastered with littls nose smudges and hand prints.
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