Sandy Toes

It was so beautiful out this afternoon. When Ben finally woke up from his nap (I think the park wore him out), we went for a walk and then he played in the sandbox. We just put the sand in it last night, so this was his first time using it.

It took a little coaxing to get Ben to put his feet in the sand.


When I first sat him down, he wasn't so sure what to do with the sand.


After a few minutes, he got comfortable and started playing with the toys. He ended up playing in his sandbox for about 40 minutes. I gave him some old kitchen stuff to use because we haven't gotten him any sand toys yet.

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