Queen Bee

Ask any one of Chip's employees and they will tell you, Karlee rules the roost at Beehive Construction when she is there every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. She knows daddy's dump trucks from any other in town and would rather play with a tractor than a doll on most days.

Since it has been raining for about 4 months, Chip is working any time the sun is out - even Sundays if it calls for it. He is fortunate to have so much work right now that it's all piling up so I can't complain (even though I wish he was home more on weekends).

Karlee and I decided to visit daddy on a job sight Saturday since it was just him and grandaddy doing some prep work for Monday with no employees. As soon as we pulled up, Karlee saw her daddy's truck and lots of mud and new we were about to have some fun. It didn't take her long to hear a tractor and she took off running. She stood at the edge of the pavement calling her daddy and saying "come get me". The pictures tell the rest of the story!

You can't see her well but Karlee is helping pick up all these trees. (Mommy was a nervous wreck!)

Karlee is so tiny compared to the big trackhoe.

Lovin' on grandaddy. The bulldozer was in a crazy position on top of a fallen pine tree so I wouldn't let grandaddy crank it up and drive Karlee like he really wanted to.

When Karlee gets older, she can tell all of her friends that she helped knock down trees for the start of Belcastel subdivision. And, as I'm typing this, she is running around in princess shoes, a crown, and tutu. She truly has the best of both worlds being able to enjoy boy things like tractors and girly things like playing dress up. I guess she is dressing the part to become the real Queen Bee of Beehive. I have been dethroned!!!!