Sand City

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Once a year dump trucks haul in loads of sand to downtown Iowa City and turn main street into what is known as Sand City.

Artisans come and turn the heaps of sand into amazing creations. 

When we told Christopher Robin that dump trucks were bringing loads of sand to play in, his eyes got huge.

He quickly got his Saturday chores done so he could go see.

It was so neat to watch the process.  We were all pretty mesmerized by it.

 

Here is one cute boy and

the Cheshire cat!

This year the theme of the sculptures was children's stories. 

Charlotte's Web

Humpty Dumpty

The Very Hungary Caterpillar



If you look closely, you can see Christopher Robin's dump truck. He came prepared. 

The Rainbow Fish



The Giving Tree

The best part, if you ask Christopher Robin, was building your own sculpture.

They played for quite awhile until Jace remembered that his Optimus Prime mack truck was still in the van.

We went to get it.

He pushed it all the way back to the sand pile. 

He "worked " for a little while longer, until his church was built.

We got him out of the sand pile with a little cotton candy.

It was his very first, and it was lighter blue!

Gracie volunteered to hold it for him while he tried his prowess in the bounce house.

He was of course an expert.

He then pushed Optimus ALL the way back to the car -a good 2 blocks.

On the way home we stopped at the Dairy Queen to oblige Mom who was craving a Georgia Mud Pie blizzard, which was fabulous.

And that's it!