Tuesday 14th September.....
Pete (our local Bob-Cat & Excavator buddy) came and cleared out the yard and layed a bit of topsoil... (only a mini-load - because most of our soil was apparently really good.... although - he didn't loosen it up, so that was fun for Mom and Dad (to be explained in future posts)
It's amazing how big the yard looks with nothing in it.... (and that isn't all of the yard - that's just what you can photograph from the landing outside the kitchen....)
Up in the top right corner you can see the beginnings of Jade & Blake's Sandpit....
(this was initially timber we'd bought to do the surrounds around the trampoline - but I'm definitely glad that we decided to go with the retaining wall blocks for the trampoline as it looks amazing!
(although, having said that - imagine what a Sand Pit would look like with that kind of barrier? but, I'm happy with what I have....)
Once it was all built, I telephoned the local soil/sand mob and asked them to deliver 1.5 squares of Sand.... and I'm assuming that we got a bit more than that.... because the sandpit was over full....
The kids thought that a mountain of sand was the BEST THING EVER!
We raked the sand down and then contacted Mom to ask if she wanted some extra sand to top up their sandpit.. so they took a bit of it off our hands.....
The next challenge was getting them OUT of the sandpit and inside so that we could have dinner!
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Having that blank slate of a backyard would be fun for me :). It's starting to shape up so well!
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