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Saturday, May 27, 2006

Izzy and the world's most complicated sandbox

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So grandma and grandpa bought Izzy this sandbox -- needless to say I was suspicious when it showed up in a box about the same size as those poster tubes you get at Kinko's... After fighting it, kicking it and cursing at it for an entire morning I finally got the fucking thing together. And my child was going to enjoy it, dammit. TODAY.

So we dropped Izzy in there and she absolutely loved it -- and I breathed a silent sign of relief that I wouldn't have to take this ridiculous contraption apart again and haul it out to the garage because it scared the daylights out of my kid.

She dug, she piled, she buried, had a blast. Only now I'm going to have to get more sand because I think the actually ate half of it, but that's another story.

So enjoy this photo montage of Izzy's first time in the sandbox. In retrospect, I almost wish I had a montage of myself putting the damn thing together-- it could serve as a public service warning to myself the next time I think about doing one of these projects...

-E.