Digging Up Dirt

Our landlord wants to dig up our yard and put in a sprinkler system. That would be good if he could make it happen before everything freezes over. The drawback for us is that the kids like to play outside a lot, so there will be a lot of cabin fever around here. I expect it will be a lot once the snow comes but I'd like to avoid it until then lol. I think he's waiting on a goulds pump or something, I have no idea, all I know is that I'm happy for it to be taking longer than expected right now lol.