Sandbox Adventurer Gifts

"Let me guess: Step two, add sand."

"Why think outside the box when mom won't let you cross the street?"

"If we dig deep enough, they say, we can go all the way to China or Hong Kong but not, at this point, to Taiwan."

"Go away, he's not done playing Cowboys and Indians yet."

"Dad, do you mind if I play through?"

A young boy is surprised to find a shipwreck survivor and palm tree in his sandpit.

'This is my new inbox.'

'My turn now!'

Kid playing golf in the sand pit.

"Mom says you are going to play in the sand."

"Do you want to pretend to be a doctor and I'll pretend to be a hotshot civil litigation attorney who sues you till your ears bleed?"

'You see, Brad, I'm not just a highly polished career woman.'

"When I grow up, I want to become president and eventually the subject of a groundbreaking, critically-acclaimed Broadway musical."

"I'm bored."

'Sure, I took your shovel. Ethics doesn't kick in for a year or two.'

Mozart's very good, but can't beat Rossini for sandbox activities.

"Most of the time it's 'Me Tarzan, you Jane', until we get into the bedroom. Then he's all, 'You Tarzan, Me Jane'."

"Just ignore it. It's a mirage."

Newfangled contraceptions phobia: 'David, David, we're sinking! Our water bed has sprung a leak!'

That kid's all business.

A little boy is crawling through a sandbox towards his mother as though he were dying of thirst in a desert.

"Jeez, these things are hot."

Genetically Altered Salmon (and other foods) Research

'All right, who hid the sandbox?'

"I know it's the right thing to do, but if we call the cops this sandbox will be tied up for weeks."

"Yeah, my mum made me come outside to play as well."

Most of his innovative product ideas first saw life in his home studio.

"He added the computer, TV and cable box. Apparently, sand wasn't enough."

'Of course it's impossible. That's why we're here.'

"By the time I develop a true understanding of sand, I'll probably be forced into some sort of organized sports."

'It's not supposed to be a triple helix, is it?'

'If we get separated, meet me back here.'

Attorney-at-play

"I can help you with tiny, little steps. As for breakthroughs, you're on your own."

"I heard they make glass from sand but I have no idea where to begin."