Madalyn's Sandbox

Yesterday, Kevin built Madalyn a sandbox..it was a late, late birthday present from us to Madalyn. We had planned to have the sandbox ready near her birthday but it just didn't happen until yesterday.  Kevin worked on it while Madalyn napped yesterday, so it was a surprise for her when she woke up from her nap.  She didn't get in right away, she stood at the end of the box, but once I put her in, she started having a good time.  I think we will have many, many hours of fun in this sandbox this summer and years to come.  Plus it's big enough for many friends or cousins to come and play. And in the future a swing set to add on to it, probably next year's birthday present.

 Day 2: Today we went outside and played in the sandbox and she decided to scoop up a handful of sand and eat it. She also laid in the sand and made "sand" angels. And yes, the bathtub tonight looked like we had spent a day at the beach. Which the sandbox is big enough that we could pretend we had.  We did set up our chairs in the sandbox and kicked off our shoes.  Until a friendly, big as the palm of my hand, spider decided to join our fun. That was a quick end to my fun of the sandbox for the day.  Wingo is also enjoying a new place to dig, which is a nice break from digging all in our yard. 

First, we decided on where to put the sandbox (12 x 12) and Kevin framed out the sandbox.

 

Next, Kevin put this netting down that keeps weeds out. We are trying to keep ants from building up under the sand. It has holes so the rain should be able to drain out instead of making puddles.

 

Then it was time for the sand.  Kevin had some extra sand from a product they made a month ago.

 

The finish product...now just waiting on Madalyn to wake up from her nap.

 

She really enjoyed playing in the sand.

 

 

 

It was funny she was fine with the sand being anywhere on her, except her hands.  The sand was still damp, so it stuck pretty good to her skin and clothes. When she got it on her hands she would say "oh no!" and want me to clean her hands off.

 

 

"Ta Da!" she is saying because she tore up this sand castle I made.