Friday, August 13, 2010

Lamingtons and the Garbage Truck

This morning we made Lamingtons. It was a first for all of us. I have a very clear memory of watching a lamington drive as a little girl. I watched mesmerised as a group of familiar mums worked at unfamiliar speed in a factory line baking what seemed to be enough lamingtons to feed the population of a country town or in this case a school fete.


There is a reason why people do it in drives... it is quite a messy and fiddly exercise. However, for two tactile little boys... they loved it.










CWA standard they definitely were not! Nevertheless, we had fun and I even had 5 minutes peace and quiet to enjoy mine with a coffee whilst they were busy eating theirs!


Sadly said peace and quiet was suprisingly short lived. Today is garbage day and, as is a long standing tradition, the boys kept an ear out for the noise of the truck winding it's way up our street. As soon as they can hear it they both race out of the house, screeching like banshees "garbage truck, garbage truck" and then stand at the top of our driveway in relatively quiet anticipation. Normally, the driver waves at them and he and I exchange a "boys will be boys with their obsessions with large machines" glance and then he continues on his way around the neighbourhood. Today was different though... maybe he smelt the lamingtons baking? He stopped and asked if the boys wanted to have a sit in the cab?

They loved it... he let them press the buttons, move the seats up and down, and the highlight of the experience was a demonstration of the bin collecting arm grabbing our recycling bin off the nature strip and "emptying" it several times!



That driver made their day with this small act of kindness!

3 comments:

  1. What fun they would have had...enjoy your weekend.

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  2. Yes, we have the garbage truck fever at our place too. Although my little guy (20 months) just cries "BIN BIN BIN" at the top of his voice! Your boys must have loved that experience, and good on you for having your camera at the ready!

    The lamingtons look pretty good - I have the same bread bin as you, and is that a kitchenaid mixer? My Sunbeam mixmaster is falling apart after only a couple of years and I'm wondering if the extra money for a kitchenaid would have been worth it. Any recommendations? We do quite a bit of baking around here!

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