Sunday in the sandbox

It turned out to be a beautiful, warm, sunny afternoon.  We were cleaning the garage and getting the summer toys out of the basement.  This led to opening the sandbox.  I thought we were going to need to get new sand this year, but it turns out that after we took just the top layer of sand off, everything else underneath was fine.  I cleaned up the sand toys and the girls got to work.

This was Rebecca's first time in the sandbox.  She loved it (literally--here she is giving it a hug!).

She calls it Elmo (because of its red color and big, round, white eyes).

What a beautiful day!