Sandbox

We finally did it.

We've had this garden box right outside

 our kitchen door for the last 

two years!

The box is in shade half the day....

so I've never planted anything in it.

It doesn't keep the boys from playing in it.

They love it!

I hate it!

If they're going to be digging and playing

I would rather it be in sand...

than dirt!

The little neighbor Maddie looks on in 

disgust!

"Ew dirt. How can they play in that?!!"

I feel the same way Maddie!

Trip to Lowes!!

Glad I called ahead. 

Not only did I find out how many bags of sand 

we would need 

(ahem, 64!!!)

But at 50lbs a bag, 

realized a mini van would not be the ideal vehicle to 

transfer that amount of sand!

(3,000 lbs)

I called a good friend, Mindy, 

and she came with her husband and 

truck.

Even then we only came home with 1/3 the sand 

we actually needed!

The kids were

  sooooo excited!!
They did their best to 

'hoist'....

but at 50lbs a bag they weren't moving much!!

Happy as clams

with their 20 bags of sand!

Preparing the box!

We dug it out, put down weed liner and got ready to

 unload the bags!

Everyone wanted to be doing something!

Bubba and Fox

cutting open the bags!!

Note the scissors in Fox's hands!

The 

"finished project"!!

I love it!
So do the kids...and their friends!