My Sandbox

One thing I always had as a child was a sandbox. Not only did I play in the sand, but, according to my sister, I also ate sand.

I loved making roads to wherever I wanted to go. Sometimes I would visit my grandparents who lived a few miles away. Sometimes I would visit my other grandparents who lived in another state, singing all the way—as we did in real life.

There were days I would build castles from my favorite fairy tales. I would scold the winds and rain that ruined them then insist I  would never, ever. build another castle as long as I lived. But, of course, I did.

I love what Albert Eintstein said:

If you want your children to be intelligent,

  read them fairy tales.

If you want them to be more intelligent,

read them more fairy tales.

The sandbox was a great place to sharpen my imagination. And that’s exactly what the Lookout! Lookout! Snids Got Out books seek to do:

1) give kids a place to sharpen their imaginations,  and

2) give kids a reason to laugh.

Gramma D