For The Love Of The Sandbox

I’ve heard stories that as a youngster Brad preferred to either spend his time helping on the farm, or pretending to farm in his sandbox.  His best friend told me that as they played together as kids Brad would section off the sandbox claiming “ground” to farm.  Brad’s farm was always the majority of the sandbox, leaving his friend only a small parcel to farm.  Then Brad would supervise his friend making sure he was properly farming the small section of the sandbox J

Ever since Claire has been mobile, Brad has talked about how excited he was to build her a sandbox to play in.  Last summer she was still too young, but this year we knew she was ready!



Handing nails to Daddy

So last week he picked up supplies and got the sandbox project complete.  Claire helped every step of the way; always anxious to be a big helper!  She supervised; making sure Brad was laying out the sandbox the way she wanted it.  Then helped by handing him nails when necessary.  I could see that she was proud of herself as she assisted J

Since the sandbox has been done we haven’t spent much time indoors.  At 8am immediately after she finishes breakfast she is banging on the back door ready to go out and play.  And she does just that; she keeps herself content in the sandbox for a really long time, which is something extraordinary since she typically is moving all the time!

It is so cute to watch them play together in the sandbox!  Claire doesn’t have any farm equipment to play in the sand with yet, but I know when she does her daddy will be teaching her how to be a little farmer…and I cannot wait to watch them! J