How much sand???

So ... my parents decided to buy the kids a sandbox.

Just what every Mommy wants!!!  3 little sets of sand filled feet tracking itty bitty specs of sand through her house.

But Clint thought it would be a better idea if he built one ...

And when I say that he decided to "build one" ...

I meant he decided to build one the size of the Grand Canyon.

Clint never does ANYTHING half ass ...

According to Clint ...

You Go BIG or GO HOME!!!

On the flip side of "GOING BIG" ...

When we move out of this rental that we are in right now ...

Guess what has to go with us ...

One bucket ...

At ...

A ...

Time ...

On a side note:  I would just like to point out that I had nothing to do with the sandbox ... so therefore ... I should not have to transport the ga-zillion pounds of sand to a new location.  Just sayin.

In case you are wondering how many bags of sand it takes to fill the Grand Canyon sand box that my husband designed ...

We are still not sure.

I can tell you that 40 bags ...

Is not the answer.

The Marvelous Room Cleaning Machine ...

Before I start this blog ... I would just like to throw out there ... that this blog is way late.

Like ... a month late.

Bad Mommy Blogger ... I know!!!

In honor of Dr. Seuss birthday ... Eythen's kindergarten class was required to create a "Marvelous Room Cleaning Machine" of their own.

They came home with this piece of paper (see photo below) requesting that they draw their Marvelous Room Cleaning Machine on the piece of paper ... and then make one of their own.

Eythen suggested that he just draw a photo of me ...

Clever ...

He is just so darn clever ...

*sigh*

I was kind of thinking that it would be something "small" and "cute" and "convient"!!!

You know ...

Like the size of a dust buster!!!

Clint on the other hand ...

Veto'd my idea immediately of "small" and "cute" and "convient" ...

Eythen and Daddy had a WHOLE different idea brewing in their heads ... 

And it had NOTHING to do with Mommy ...


OR ...


"small" and "cute" and "convient"

Clint ...

And Eythen ...

Thought BIGGER WAS BETTER.

It took alot of time ...

And concentration ...

And planning ....

But Eythen and his Daddy completed the Marvelous Room Cleaning Machine.

They are both firm believers ...

That you either GO BIG OR GO HOME.

Me on the other hand ...

Still thought that  "small" and "cute" and "convient" was a good thing.

I had visions of my son taking someout out as he was walking down the hallway of his school ...

While taking his Marvelous Room Cleaning Machine to his classroom.

Or thinking that it would be a "good idea" to try to suck up the principal with his Marvelous Room Cleaning Machine.

Or attempting to use the EXTREMELY long tube as a bat while sitting in line waiting for the school bell to ring.

So Mommy escorted Eythen and his GO BIG OR GO HOME Marvelous Room Cleaning Machine to the kindergarten classroom ...

Just to be on the safe side.

Kind of the size of a dust buster ...