When we bought our house it came with a very nice play area which also included a sandbox. The sandbox was not in a good location and the only thing it was good at was growing mold. Megan came up with the great idea of moving the sandbox and changing it to a rock box.
My Dad was able to help me with this project which was a HUGE help. I had to modify the original design to make it more functional for its new location. This included a few pressure treated 2x8s and a pressure treated 4x4 post.
Once we had redesigned the box, we were able to move it to its new location. We placed some landscape fabric and then 25 bags of pea gravel to give us our rock box.
We where able to use the existing cover, but had to make a few modifications. We reinforced the top, added a handle and hinges. Along with some new trucks that Derek got for his birthday, Derek and Brooke both enjoy spending hours in their new rock box.
As with most books I read, I hear a lot about the book before I actually pick it up. I was curious about the hype thinking it was going to be another book about life with children by someone as a memoir of their child-rearing years or a collection of of how to raise your kid "right". I was pleasantly surprised that it was neither. It is written by Rachel Jankovic, a mother of 5 children under 5 (at the time the book was published). 5 kids under 5, gives her lots of credibility in my book. Her humor and blatant honesty are refreshing. She covers everything from our attitudes as mothers to treating our children as individuals and not as "bulk effect". I greatly appreciated her section on expectations of myself and the kids. All in all a good easy and fast read with only 102 pages. 
