De Straat

We could devote a whole post to our hate-hate relationship with the street makers (and I guess I am). Our main complaint is that as of 8AM every day they start blasting music from their vans parked at either end of the street. It is the worst kind of music (to us)-- a kind of Dutch country, but not like the American type of pop-like country music. Mike calls it smurf music, if that is any indication. Of course by 8AM it is not a problem, we have been up for hours, but throughout the day as James naps we struggle to deal with the noise. He can sleep through a lot, but the combination of smurf music and dumping large wheelbarrows full of bricks under his window can sometimes get him off schedule. Since reading Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child we have kept a log of when he sleeps (mainly because we cannot remember from day to day). The street workers have had an impact on the length of his naps. We have spoken with the new parents next door, and have tossed around the idea of interrupting the street workers naps. That's right-- every day, they all climb into their vans and have a nap from about 1-2:30. We have talked about teaming up with Ronald and Maaike and blasting a bit of baby music during one of their naps. Of course-- as new parents we are all much too busy to put this plan into action, so we will have to wait them out. Take special note of what they did to a neighbors car when he failed to move it before they started work. Its on the island in the sea of bricks. I almost expected 5 large german construction workers in overalls to come by and carry it out (does anyone remember that Menthos commercial)?