Every other Thursday, we have to be dressed early for this

Because every other Thursday is when the recycling truck comes!

First it goes down one side of the street, and then it comes back up the other side.  There is much excitement among the boys.  And not just our two, either-- there are three other houses nearby where little boys dash outside to watch the circus.

Did you see it, Special Bear?

And then Amiri eagerly does his chore of returning the empty wheelie bin to the garage.