Busy Mother's Day Weekend

Well my parents came up for Mother's Day weekend and instead of having a nice relaxing vacation, we put them right to work. For the last two years, T & I have debated about what to do with our swingset. Do we buy a new one and combine the two or redo this one or what? So we talked to my dad (who is ubersmart when it comes to fixing things) and he managed to transform this:

Old swingset (front view)

Old Swingset (side view)


Old Swingset (back view)

Old Swingset (other side view)

To this:

New Swingset (front view)
(I didn't know they sold diaper clad children at Lowe's? Did we get a receipt for him?)
;-)

New Swingset (side view)

(Notice the steering wheel and the old spool on it's side?)

New Swingset (side view)

New swingset (back view)

(They built the rock wall out of wood we had and then Dad covered it with indoor/outdoor carpet so the kids wouldn't get slivers. Cool, huh?)

The kids were so excited. AJ had wanted a rock wall and a climbing rope. AD just wanted to be able to swing without bumping into someone else. AT got a steering wheel and a horn to drive the whole thing. They are definitely spending a whole lot more time outside. We also moved it to a better location so that we can see them from the house. It's so nice to not have to worry about the swing beam collapsing on them when they are swinging.

Thanks Mom & Dad!

Come over and play sometime!

Enjoy your day!