Fun Sandbox Surprises

Even my youngest boys are outgrowing the sandbox. They used to spend hours creating castles, mountains for their dinosaurs, and race car tracks. To make the sand box more interesting I used to throw things in it like old kitchen utensils like dented measuring cups, or a colander whose handle was coming off. Even an old cake pan or plastic container can be great for making sand cakes and mud pies. The boys liked to turn the hose on to soak the sand. I thought watering cans were a better idea for moistening the sand since the hose often turned … Continue reading

Secondhand Lions (2003)

“Secondhand Lions” is a delightful movie starring Haley Joel Osment as a young boy being raised by an irresponsible mother (Kyra Sedgwick). When his mother comes up with yet another get-ahead idea, this time a court reporting school in Ft. Worth, Walter is taken to live with two great-uncles he’s never met. Later, when he discovers that his mother never did enroll in that school, Walter feels abandoned and betrayed, but his uncles step in to take up the slack, in their own unique ways. Garth and Hub are unusual men, to say the least. They’re both getting on in … Continue reading