Our new babysitter

I found this unpublished post, that I wrote in February 2012 (well over a year ago!). I guess I forgot to hit the Publish button! I couldn't just delete it though because the pictures in it are too adorable!

2/25/2012
A couple of weeks ago we bought this sandbox from a family in our neighborhood that was moving. They were selling it for a fraction of the cost of a new one, so I jumped on the purchase. I remembered how much my sisters and I loved our green turtle sandbox when we were wee little ones, and I figured our kids would love it too. - I was right!

The pictures below are from the first day we had it. They sat in it and played for 2 hours, I physically had to drag them out for nap time. For about a week, we had incredibly great weather, mid 70's, sun shining high, clear skies. These kids practically lived in the sandbox! I would leave the back door and windows open, and do housework {or catch up on my DVR shows, same diff}, and I would look out back, and there Jake and Soph were, playing away. Sometimes they would come in and check on me, but otherwise they sat quietly (yes, I said quietly), in the sandbox and played. If they started getting restless, Nate or I would say "Sandbox." and out they'd go. It was lovely.

As I type this, Nate is out back grilling, and the kids are in the sandbox. It's kind of chilly though, so they probably won't be in there for long.