What is this monstrosity? An early Christmas gift from SantaMere. In the kids advent calendar today there was a pile of sand and a note from the me+big guy in the red suit: "Can you dig it? Yes, you can!"
Somehow we managed to construct this monstrously large sandbox without the kids really registering what it was. "Wouldn't it be cool if mom wasn't really building a patio??! It would be and awesome sandbox!" Uh, yes, duh.
While we were away this weekend, it was (mostly) finished and the kids got to see it before heading out for escuela. We came home from school today at 1:30pm, changed out of school uniforms (tho they both put on orange shirts and blue shorts. how very odd) and it's 6pm...they are still out there. there was one minor complaint, one angry shout and a heated discussion that lasted about 4 minutes but otherwise, I was able to work this whole time undisturbed....it's already paid for itself.
We still need more sand, must plaster the pool wall, tidy up the construction mess and plant some flowers or something to make it look a little more garden and a little less WT-Industrial. The sandbox is our answer to missing the beach so much. It's a poor substitute to be sure, but it's all we can do for the time being and it will surely be enjoyed by many friends and be home to many battles between plastic dinosaurs, kitties and various other critters. We have some sand from zanzibar here to add and will start adding in shells collected from all over, some stones that somehow came from Lincoln Park and Cannon Beach, etc. Bring a pocketful of sand next time you come over, will ya?!
(Egads! I missed posting anything in November! For what it's good for, November was too busy with living to get around to much blogging, so I can't feel too badly. )
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