Well we went off to Costco and bought the boys a brand new super duper playset. I do not mind putting things together but Chris on the other hand has no patience for it so this was going to be quite a challenge. Could we do it without going crazy? Not so sure. I read through the 80 page instruction book and watched the 52 minute DVD and was going to give it my best shot. After a rough start with a few words exchanged we were off and running. We started off on Saturday morning and took about 2 hours to lay out all the parts in order of assembly in the garage to be sure we weren't missing any parts and to help ease assembly. So glad we did! There were 6 boxes and what seemed like 10 000 pieces!
This was supposed to be a 2 man job that took 10-12 hours for the playhouse and 2-3 for the slide. Yah, not so realistic for us but we did get in done in 3 full days! lol. In all fairness to us we did have 2 four year olds underfoot the whole time so I think we did just fine! Tommy was a little helper with some parts. He loved getting his hands on the tools and Evan, well he was getting into everything, even whacked his poor head off the front of the bbq. As it turned out he was thrilled to play in the van. Yes, the van. So we pulled it into the backyard right in front of our construction area and he was entertained the whole time! Although my Carrie Underwood CD did get destroyed. Boo :(
Walls going up. Progress being made!
Of course he had to have beer time, I mean, break time!
By Sunday night we had the main tower done and swing portion on. All that was left was to do the slide and add on the rock wall. Monday turned out to be a rainy day. Great for the crops not so great for building. We had to keep starting and stopping. After 3 tries and 3 changes of clothes, we finally had it done!
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