I think I have told you over and over how we {love} our backyard now because of our new fence. It is just so nice to have an area to contain your kids :). The problem was we didn't have much for them to play with because it didn't really seem safe before the fence. Well after the boys kept asking for their own swings and Ellie just wanting to spend hours at the park swinging, we decided to be like the rest of suburbia and get our own swing set! I think you know by now we don't ever buy anything full price around here so Ryan searched Craigslist for one. We found one right down the road from us that seemed in pretty good condition!
Now you might think hauling off an already built play structure from someone's house would be a lot of work, but I think it is WAY easier then buying new. We didn't have to take many pieces apart and it only took us a little over an hour to get it loaded on our truck. And yes, it did all fit on one load :). Luckily, we didn't have to go far!
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Then it only took us about 2 hours to pick a spot and put it back together at our house {the original owner said it took him over 12 hours originally to put it together!!!}. It does need some re-staining and a new tarp on top, but the kiddos are having a ton of fun with it already!!!
I am looking forward to kicking my kiddos out to play on it while I cook in the kitchen because I can see them perfectly from the kitchen window :). Yeah for backyards!!!
2 comments:
we love our playset. your kids are at the perfect age so you will get many years of use out of it!! congrats on your new "freedom." :)
That's good to hear! So far my kids spent a total of 8 HOURS out there today even in the heat...hopefully that's a sign of a lot more fun days outside!
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