Renovating the Sandbox

It's getting warmer (finally) and Caleb keeps asking to play in the sand. Last week we emptied the box of the old, wet, dirty sand with leaves and spiderwebs and who knows what else, and then went shopping.
First we headed to the fabric store to buy some cheap, plain vinyl and ended up buying the only kind that wasn't on sale. (Because Joshua fell in love with the choo-choo kind, and really he asks for so little.) Then we headed over to Toys R Us for some special sand. I'd witnessed it a friend's house- the grains are bigger and they don't stick to the kids at all. Way cleaner, as far as sand goes. It really is better and it's not any more expensive.
While Joshua napped, Caleb and I got busy.

First we had to cut the vinyl and staple it to the inside of the box. (There's no liner to the box and the icky things that crawled up into the sand grossed me out last year.) Caleb likes scissor-duty.

Then came the sand dump. It was pretty heavy for a tot.

And as soon as we emptied our two bags in (we'll need a couple more), Caleb climbed right in. Can you tell what he's about to do in the picture below?

If you guessed "throw that sand right at his Mama and her nice camera" you were right. Then he decided to lay down in the cool sand for a nap.

Finally he lined up his sand toys and buckets for a good hose-washing.