need sand? just venting

yo'ma

Wed, May 14 2008, 6:03 pm

If I would keep all the sand from my childrens shoes after they come home from school, I think at the end of the school year I'd have enough for a very large sandbox.
At the playground in their school, the whole floor is sand. All the playgrounds here, the floor is sand. I don't like sand. That's why I don't like the beach, that and the sun.
One of my sandhogs Smile

(just read that in a book, but it refers to something else), everytime I take off his shoes, he complains about the sand, he doesn't let me take off his socks because then his feet feel worse.
I MISS NY PLAYGROUNDS!!!! Sad

louche

Wed, May 14 2008, 6:20 pm

OTOH, when you fall on sand, it's a lot better than falling on concrete.

yo'ma

Wed, May 14 2008, 6:51 pm

louche wrote:

OTOH, when you fall on sand, it's a lot better than falling on concrete.

There are other things besides concrete!

greenfire

Wed, May 14 2008, 7:32 pm

yeah there are wood chips ... that splinter you ...

make a sandbox and start collecting ... Wink

get some sea shells ... rubber shoes ... like crocs ...

cassandra

Wed, May 14 2008, 7:36 pm

I hear ya. I also have a weird sensory thing with sand. I was getting so uncomfortable reading your post.

chaylizi

Wed, May 14 2008, 7:38 pm

there is also that playground foam (for the life of me I can't think of what it's called). whenever we went to sand parks as kids- we had to take our shoes off. but the park at school had grass & foam

shopaholic

Thu, May 15 2008, 10:35 am

I hate sand! Luckily the playground round here doesnt have a sandbox but the one on 3rd street & Prospect Park West does. I make my kids take their shoes & socks off & then I rinse their feet before we leave. At the beach, everyone puts on flip flops before we get onto the beach.

As a kid my mother never let us play in park sandboxes. She said we'd get lice from them.

louche

Thu, May 15 2008, 11:33 am

shopaholic wrote:

As a kid my mother never let us play in park sandboxes. She said we'd get lice from them.

My mother said that dogs relieve themselves in them. Frankly, I think homeless people relieve themselves in them. Then there is the buried broken glass issue...

shopaholic

Fri, May 16 2008, 9:45 am

Good points Louche. For my kids, they get their share of sand at the beach where I can see glass & as for urine, they are wearing bathing suits & always shower when we get home.

greenfire

Fri, May 16 2008, 10:49 am

my mother won't let us in her house if we have sand ... hose em down outside Twisted Evil

ChossidMom

Fri, May 16 2008, 11:04 am

All the playgrounds in my neighborhood have sand.

My 4 year old loooooooves sand. Comes home every day from gan with a HEAD full of it (because she likes to pour it on)

My BED is always full of sand (grrrrr) because if I ever make the mistake of letting my 2 and 4 year olds up on it, they leave a deposit all over.

So, you're not alone.

yo'ma

Tue, May 27 2008, 11:09 am

I just found out another reason why I don't like sand, ants. It's all over the place, not literally. But it's getting cold outside, so they're not going to play outside as much, b"h Confused