The Garbage Truck

When the garbage truck comes to collect the trash on Monday morning, you can hear it around in the neighborhood before it actually comes to our row of townhouses. Well, Christopher heard it about 1/2 hour before it showed up to collect our trash, and wouldn't leave the front doorway. So, he and I ate breakfast in front of the door while watching for the garbage truck.

















Then Daddy took Christopher outside to watch it empty the garbage trucks at the other end of the parking lot.


















Finally, it was time to empty our trashcan. This was the first time Christopher was so close to the truck and really saw it pick up and dump the trashcan. It was all he talked about for the rest of the morning until nap time.























Andy is in LA this week on a business trip. He called this evening to tell Christopher goodnight.

















Christopher was so excited to talk to Daddy - he held the phone so still and smiled the whole time. We couldn't get him to say much, but he listened to everything.