the sand trap

There is nothing quite like a sandbox, or in our case the sand volleyball court. During the day it is always open and ready for some sand castle fun. On Monday we had some friends come and help us try out the sand toys just to make sure that they worked.
Gwen and Katelin dominated the shovels, but throughout the afternoon they made (pretend) yummy things to eat, and sand creatures as well as a few castles too. Harrison and Seth took a little time to warm up to the sand pit, but in the end there were no clean feet or hands in sight.
I love to see these two girls play together, they come up with some of the most interesting things to "talk" about, and even though they may have a disagreement here or there they have plenty of giggles and fake laughs to round it all out. Tonight James and I took the kids back down to the sand pit and we were bugged because there was an actual game of volleyball going on, I know that is what it is really supposed to be used for, but for the last few months we have had it all to ourselves, and I guess the volleyball team didn't get the memo that we had turned it into a sandbox for kids. Well at least it is always open for us to use during the day, maybe we will stick to those hours for now.