Let there be sand

So the treefort has been done for about a month and we didn't get around to leveling the sandbox and filling it.  Our neighbors asked a couple of times if we wanted to use their pickup to get sand somewhere so we finally took them up on the offer on Saturday.  Unfortunately it was pouring but Patrick went and retrieved 1,500 pounds of soft white sand, drove it home, and filled the sandbox one miserable wheelbarrow full at a time.

With rain all Saturday and soccer practice all Sunday, the kids didn't get a chance to use the sandbox for the first time until today.  They were such good sharers for about five minutes and then the usual infighting started.

And then the moment we've all been waiting for (at least all summer).  The kids got to slide down into the sandbox.  All three got a couple of cycles in but here's Stella and Will giving it a shot and here's Maggie.  Ahh, to be young again.