Julianna Morgan Fox: Redneck Sandbox

Julianna so loved the "sandbox" (Really just a bucket barely large enough to sit in) at Grammy and Poppy's house that we decided that Ryan would build her a permanent one in the yard. But because Ryan has a few projects that take precedence, such as getting his WONDERFUL annual vegetable garden in, we knew it would be while before he could get to it. Well anyone who knows Ryan knows that he would just about do anything to make his little girl smile. So he went out this morning before 6:30 am (his day off) and started clearing an area in our yard that is a bit hidden and gets afternoon shade. He then dug a shallow hole for an old kiddie pool that we used to fill for the dogs in the summer. He filled it with a few bags of play sand from Lowes. He even found that the base of our old Dog igloo that had pretty much never been set foot in by any of our dogs fit as a lid (in an effort to keep it from being used as a litter box by every cat within a square mile) perfectly. He pretty much had her sandbox ready for her by the time she was finished with her breakfast. She loved it and played in it several times today. Ryan still intends to make her a permanent one some time in the near future, but for now this one will do quite nicely I think.

Also in keeping with the redneck theme, I took J outside in only a shirt and diaper to play in the sandbox this evening after already going though 2 pairs of pants today. I eventually put some (non-matching, old) p.j. pants on her which Ryan said looked more redneck than no pants at all. Hee.