If you build it...

...they will play in it for hours.

I sort of always knew we'd build Liam a sandbox, but because I wasn't sure how long we'd be here, I kept putting it off. Then I realized this spring that if we were going to do it, he would probably get the most enjoyment out of it this summer. So...we got our supplies on Friday afternoon...had to break from it due to all day rain on Saturday...but finished it on Sunday.

He was so stinkin' excited about having his own sandbox...that he just kept calling it a sandcastle until it was built. And let me tell you...once it was built, well, I think he played in it for 2 hours straight. (Why didn't we think of this sooner?)

Liam helped with every bit of building it, and actually, it appears in these pictures that Liam is doing most of the work! ;)

Well, I guess William did a LITTLE of the work :) I'm not sure this pocket-knife saw was going to do the job, though...



But...with the help of Grandpa's saw, the sandbox was built on Sunday afternoon!

Look who had to try it out first.

Wow! "This is MY house," he said.

Just in case it rains...

Well, someone has to have the job of hanging on it :)

I look so cute doing it :)

Transporting it to its final location.

There must always be dinosaurs.

Looking out our window, two hours later...

...pure bliss (for all 3 of them).

The prime purpose of being four is to enjoy being four - of secondary importance is to prepare for being five. ~Jim Trelease