Today is no ordinary day. You saw the picture of the gigantic truck that pulled up to drop off our tresses for our soon to be built garage? Yeah, Max saw that too. He also saw that Daddy had a big truck, pulled a big trailer, and had a big skid steer inside said trailer yesterday evening as we followed him home. It was impossible not to let him get one quick ride in before bed even though it was quite late.

This did not bode well as Daddy was outside playing in a real tractor right in our yard! But Daddy got him to go quietly to bed a bit later. His secret? To let Max know that if he doesn't go to bed nicely he won't get to drive in the tractor tomorrow.

This morning Max came down into my bed with me like he does every morning but he would not sleep. I finally kicked him out of my bed and told him I'd get up in a couple minutes. Fifteen minutes later, with Rory yelling for me in the monitor, I roll out of bed and come face to face with Max, fully dressed. "I need to go help Daddy on the tractor!"

After some reassurances that when Daddy got home from work he'd get to help he insisted on putting his boots on to check on the tractor and make sure it is still in the yard. So out the door he goes and returns a few moments later to announce that the tractor is still here!

So today has been a pleasant day, as Max will do no wrong to insure he gets to help Daddy in the tractor. And Daddy is coming home early, unbeknown to Max, so they can work all afternoon. Oh, and don't forget we're getting two truck fulls of fill dropped off. So he's got that excitement to look forward to. What an un-ordinary day for the little man. He'll be talking about this for weeks!