P.A.D. February 8th

This picture makes me feel like I'm ready for spring even though we've hardly had any winter weather. We went outside to play today, all bundled up, and the kids jumped into the sandbox and played in the damp and clumpy sand. They spent most of the time outside dumping bowls full of sand onto the plastic picnic table. They were having a birthday party. I love how kids can take any kind of toy and use it in any kind of weather or situation. They don't need warm weather and a swimming pool or ocean to have fun with sand. All they need are a few tools, some buckets that aren't broken (a hard thing to find in our house) and a great imagination (we have an overabundance of that!)