{"id":8070,"date":"2013-06-15T23:29:39","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T23:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=8070"},"modified":"2013-06-15T23:29:39","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T23:29:39","slug":"outdoor-toy-chest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/outdoor-toy-chest\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor Toy Chest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have a collection of sand box toys, which have not really ever had a home, except in a pile in the garage, or in a big black plastic bag somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the city has refilled the playground sandbox (aka neighborhood kitty litter) with sand for the summer, these toys have gone back into use and started scattering everywhere. \u00a0 Just last night, a bunch of them ended up in our entryway (foyer, hallway, anddyri) which meant sand <em>everywhere<\/em>. \u00a0(There&#8217;s been a lot of bedtime vacuuming lately!)<\/p>\n<p>So, this past week I went to Ikea, and bought <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikea.com\/us\/en\/catalog\/products\/70204923\/\">a wooden outdoor box<\/a>, which I assembled today.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll start its life out in front of our house, in the hope that the kids will drop the toys in there on their way in.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8071\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6374.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8071\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8071\" alt=\"Toy box, outside car, and planter left behind by the previous owner, and I've never quite known what to do with...\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6374.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6374.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6374-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toy box, outside cars, and planter left behind by the previous owner, and I&#8217;ve never quite known what to do with&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8072\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6377.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8072\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8072\" alt=\"Box toys.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6377.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6377.jpg 440w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6377-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toys in a box.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8073\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6378.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8073\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8073\" alt=\"Box by our front door.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6378.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6378.jpg 440w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6378-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Box by our front door. \u00a0I&#8217;m thinking I may have to buy another one of these to have in the backyard, because there are always some \u00a0homeless toys floating around there too&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8074\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6376.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8074\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8074\" alt=\"Meanwhile, our next-door neighbors were working on their yard.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6376.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6376.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6376-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meanwhile, our next-door neighbors were working on their yard.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8075\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6381.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8075\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8075\" alt=\"They were putting in grass where there used to be a walkway so the boys have more room to play football.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6381.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6381.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6381-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">They were putting in grass where there used to be a walkway so their boys have more room to play football.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a collection of sand box toys, which have not really ever had a home, except in a pile in the garage, or in a big black plastic bag somewhere. 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