No, Higher!

Friday through Sunday our neighbor "Fireman Rick" has been cutting down a few trees that needed to come down. This has kept the boys pretty glued to the window and Avery fascinated when he would go out on the front porch to play. We like the new History channel show AxMen, and Avery loved this real life show. After getting back from church and putting Carson down for a nap, Avery and I went over to say hi since a few neighbors were just hanging out (the trees were finally down and much of the brush had been carted off.)
Rick was nice enough to offer to take Avery up the on the boom lift. He stopped a few times to check if Avery thought they were high enough... "No, higher!" Avery loved it. So of course I had to go get the camera. At some point I think Avery did say "okay, that's high enough" but he was quite happy there. Rick swung the bucket around and showed Avery how it extended, and they looked for things and how they were different from that vantage.
Avery also loves John Deere's (or any other tractor, big equipment, etc. - he just knows the Deere colors and logo) and has many times pointed out Rick's little one to us. After pretending to drive (and practically learning how to with all the questions!) Rick took Avery for a ride and even let him steer. After checking out how big the tree stumps were, playing with the big rope and figuring out how to maneuver the wheel barrow and cart things around in it, Avery even got a wheel barrow ride!
What a great time for Avery, especially since this kind of fun, until now, has only happened for him when we're back home in Oregon!
Thanks for entertaining him, Rick!