Fun with Balls, Again!

Well, I finally found something for the kids to play with in the backyard that's sturdy and won't blow away. And I got it on http://www.craigslist.org/. I just love that thing. I got a used Crabbie Sandbox (you know, one of those red plastic sandboxes with a lid that looks like a crab). Normally they sell for $60 new, but I got this used for $20. It's a bit more than I wanted to pay (I had planned on only paying $15, but I couldn't find one for that price, those all went fast and I was tired of waiting). It's faded from the sun, so it's really a pink crab vs. red, but there's no cracks and it works just fine. Add a bag of balls and you have instant fun! Then when they get too big for balls and are old enough to play in the sand vs. eat it, we can have a sandbox! Yeah!!! I don't know who's more excited, me or them. I'm just glad to have something we can play with outside. It's nice to get some fresh air every now and then. We do go on walks when the weather's nice, but Abby doesn't like to go when it's super windy. So on those days we can play in the backyard. The lid is also supposed to keep rain out but we'll test that tomorrow. Looks like it's supposed to be a rainy day.

Since it's a pretty nice day today we took it out for a test drive already. The kids really liked it. They also liked leaning over the edge to put the balls on the ground or to pick up grass and eat it (Miss Abby). Towards the end of our play time, Jake practiced getting in and out of it which was a little tough b/c he couldn't get his footing inside with all the balls, but he did really good and can now climb in and out with ease. Abby even pushed up into a stand position for the first time! We've been working on that for 2 weeks and she just figured out how to do it on her own. Yeah Abby!