Well it figures now that construction is wrapping up in our neighbourhood that Simon would suddenly develop a love bordering on obsession for tractors (a.k.a "Dan"). Simon first encountered a tractor (named Dan) in one of his first books and was drawn in by its' flashing lights and loud noise. It wasn't until he started visiting the tractor exhibit at the farm that his obsession took root. Now we can't drive anywhere without being on the lookout for tractors. Walking to daycare has becoming an ordeal and it can take up to 1/2 an hour to walk down three houses because we are too busy watching all of the construction activity. In the past few weeks, they finished the landscaping on the houses in our neighbourhood (yeah, we no longer live next to an abandoned building lot but actually have real live neighbours), watched neighbours dig for a pool and watched while they ripped up the street in preparation for final paving. Needless to say, we have spent a lot of afternoons on the front lawn watching the tractors at work. I must say, this has been perfect for me in my pregnant state. Sitting and watching tractors with a totally engrossed 2 year old is a lot easier than chasing my crazy toddler.
I bought Simon a tractor picture book earlier this week and in three days he can already distinguish about a dozen different tractors. It's so fun listening to his tractor speak - his favourites are "backhoe", "mini excavator", "front-loader", "forklift", "bulldozer". We may just have a future farmer or construction worker on our hands or maybe just a wannabe like every other man who wishes they could dig their flower beds with machinery!
"Me ride it please"
Simon, enjoying a snack and watching the tractor laying the neighbours new grass
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