The Greatest Show on Earth

When you're 23-month and change, there is nothing better (not even cupcakes) than having road construction outside your home. It's toddler crack.

After two years of gentle pleading the city agreed to finally give the residents of the 100 block of Commonwealth Avenue....a curb and gutter. We're the only block in the city without one. While I was pregnant with Harry I got a meeting with a few officials. They looked, they poked...they worried the trees might suffer, so they suggested I petition the neighbors. A week later I had baby #1 and well, the curb was hardly on my mind.

Fast forward two years and the city has been in the throes of replacing the sidewalks all over Rosemont and Del Ray...but no plans to give us a curb and gutter. So I made yet another run at the city. This time, they listened, and agreed...this morning the bulldozers and concrete rippers arrived. So thank you Alexandria, we are DELIGHTED that soon we won't be ankle-deep in mud and rainwater every time we cross the street or go out to the car. And an added bonus...tons of trucks to entertain Harry for a week.