So we've been studying the middle ages in sophomore class and so naturally we discussed castles. I told the kids how I used to make sand castles on the beach with my brother and they were intrigued. Then I remembered the pile of sand in our front yard that we're going to use to stucco the house and I thought "yeah buddy." So there's the final masterpiece. The sand wasn't the best, but we made it work. The students had a blast anyway. As did I, I must admit. So we pretty much just had a sandblastin' time. The girls actually really got into it and even made flags for it later on and named it capitol of the Carolingian empire, and it stands even to this day. Pretty impressive for a sand castle, especially since it was assaulted by the two dogs this morning as they went for their morning frolic.