Yesterday it looked like a siege tower was being constructed in our backyard....
No the children have not locked us out of the house. Nana and Pop got the kids a swing set for their birthday and then...best of all...they have come to help construct the swing set.
It has a platform with a climbing wall going up to it and a slide going down (at least those are how they assume children are going to play with those items...since every single child I know or have ever seen at some point try to go up a slide). There are also two swings and a thing to hang from.
Jim, Nana, and Pop got most of it done yesterday (I had the important job of herding children). I think they just have to attach the swing section, level it, and anchor it and I don't think there is much more than that left to do. Unfortunately today it rained in the afternoon after church so completion was delayed (much to Andy's disappointment). However, tomorrow is a new day.
I am just looking forward to being able to banish the kids to the back yard for awhile and them having something else to do beside digging in the dirt of the foundation of the house. (That and not having to drive some place to a playground considering the price of gas these days). Yippee for the opportunity for exhausting gross body movement play to tire the kids out!
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yay!! that is great.
we have a swingset for the kids tha has a rock wall and and a platform/clubhouse type thing with a slide and two swings that kind of get fought over... we need an extra one... and monkey bars and the works... they LOVE it!!
it took 4 men to put ours together and it took them a good 6-8 hours, they are big project. :)
enjoy!!
The kids will love it! Yes, they will try to climb up the slide. And the platform makes a great boat/airplane/rocket, whatever their little imaginations can come up with! I also recommend a sand box (one with a lid to keep out the rain and cats) because that can keep them busy for hours.
Hey, my kids pour the rocks from the playground area down the slide - now THAT makes a noise! And JC and Rachel went through a phase of climbing up the OUTSIDE of the tube slide, just to be different.
I can't wait to come see it - just in time for our visit!
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