In Memorium

Ragnar and Magnus started "sharing" their toys with the dogs a few months ago.  Consequently, we have toys that have died before their time. Hopefully, these will be the last of the toys to die at the "hands" of Harvey and Brewster.

Nagimbe (wise man in blue)

Green square block

Red rectangle



Ralph Wiggum

Yellow horse



Orange nesting cup

Creating a Sandbox

I saw a great sandbox on another blog and thought it looked easy enough that Nate and I could tackle the project.  We decided on building a sandbox over buying one because we wanted one that they could both play in at the same time and have friends/toys in with them too.  We chose to have ours be a six-foot-by-six-foot square and ten inches deep.  My main concern with sandboxes is keeping animals out of them when we aren't using them.  This design had two doors that covered the box when not in use. 

Nate took off a Friday from work, and we went to Home Depot to get all of the supplies.  During the boys' nap that day he started building the frame and I prepared the ground.

Supplies

Area prior to prep

Prepped

Frame 3/4 done

Frame done

Over the next few days Nate and I worked on the design a little at a time.  He did an excellent job.

The larger rocks Nate dug out of the post holes

It took the weekend and then a couple of weeknights the following week, but then it was finished.

We added the sand.  A LOT of sand.  We started out with 30 fifty lb. bags of sand.  But, due to my removal of the grass (and some dirt with it) there was more area to fill than we planned.  Nate purchased 12 more bags of sand and that topped it off just right.

30 50 lb bags of sand

Sandbox with 30 bags of sand

The boys really like the sandbox.  We picked up some sand toys for them, and they are really enjoying it.

2100 lbs. of sand, Magnus, Papa & Ragnar

Sandbox Sports

We went to an EMOMs (Eastside Moms of Multiples) sponsored drop-in play at Sandbox Sports in Seattle.  This is a large warehouse that has indoor sand volleyball.  During the week the owner opens it up for kids to play in the sand.  It was Rangar's and Magnus' first time playing in sand.  Magnus was a bit wobbly walking in the sand but dove into playing quite quickly.  Ragnar HATED the sand touching him.  He would pull his legs up every time I tried to set him down and SCREAM!  It took about 45 minutes and then he warmed up to the sand.  They both had a good time and I'm sure we will go there again.

16 Months Old

Magnus

• Size 4 diapers and size 4 overnight diapers
• 12 M pants, 12-18 M onesies/shirts, 12 M sleepers
• 1^st molar!  Now has 9 teeth.
• Words: dance
• Walks and runs all over
• Climbs up and down stairs unassisted
• Prefers playing outside
• Happy and cheerful most of the time
• Really good eater, starting to use utensils
• Lovey, cuddly boy

Ragnar

• Size 4 diapers and size 4 overnight diapers
• 12 M pants, 12-18 M onesies/shirts, 12 M sleepers
• Words: brother
• Walks and runs everywhere
• Climbs on everything
• Happy and giggly baby
• Great eater and starting to use utensils and an open cup
• Cuddle bug!

Both

• Enjoy the library story time.  We go at least once a week.
• LOVE playing outside.  We try to play outside daily.
• Enjoy playing with other children, really like watching the big kids play
• Play with each other and us all day long
• LOVE, LOVE, LOVE books.  We spend large periods of our day reading.
• Two big helpers.  They love to help clean up and will spontaneously tidy up their toys or books.