Memorial Day

So this weekend we had no real plans.  My only goal was to get laundry done, and I feel like I did accomplish that.  However it was not boring (well at least to me lol).  Today was actually a highlight of the weekend.  Daniel is in t-ball and the Little League kids can march in the village parade.  We have never been in town this weekend, so we have never actually been to the parade here.  So we weren't to sure what to expect.  Well, it was small....really small.  At one point Daniel assumed he was leading everyone else

 

You can see from the picture, he was not actually in the lead....but in his mind he was.  It was funny to see him off by himself waving to everyone, without a care in the world.  He was smiling and I was cracking up at him....Chad was carrying Matthew behind us with the rest of the players. Later one of his buddies did catch up with him.  Which increased the cuteness factor.

 

 

It was a short parade route which ended in the cemetery.  They had a nice service there and had all the Little League players put flowers on a  memorial.  There was a flag raising with a three-volley salute,  and taps being played.  It was actually quite touching and a real way to pay honor on the holiday. 

On the way home we decided that we should build a sandbox....OK I decided...but to be fair, in my mind it was going to be a simple box.....that's it.  After much frustration between myself and Daniel (who wanted a much much much more complicated sandbox)....Chad had to intervene.  Instead building a sandbox that somehow looked and worked like a loaded (or digger....he was flexible there)....they came up with the idea to build a truck sandbox.  So much much later (well after bath and jammie time), this is the finished project:

 

It is really cool, and the boys are just so lucky to have such a handy daddy!  The front of the box is the "hood" of the truck, and it is where they can store their sand toys.  The back is the "bed" of the truck and that is where the sand is.  There is a dashboard, where a steering wheel can be added later.  There is even a "windshield"...which doesn't double for anything (yet) but is just for decoration.   Daniel was very happy with the end result, and Matthew gave it a big thumbs up:-)

 

 

 

We are finalizing plans for a deck and putting up a fence.  I feel like at this rate, actually resting on a holiday won't happen for a long while;-)