Yes, the girls' birthdays were about 7 months before we managed to order this, but we got a bit behind on our to-do list when Tatem arrived! After lots of research, we ordered this one. The whole 17 foot play set came in this box! Have you ever put together furniture from IKEA? Yup, it was just like that...but bigger!
Landrie was over the moon excited to help!!
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We unloaded all the pieces, then Tatem woke up. Hmmm....
We tried a blanket in the shade with some snacks. That bought us about 2 minutes! I grabbed the booster seats and strapped the girls in with their snacks, and that was MUCH better. :)
By the end of the day, we should have been able to finish the whole thing. The directions didn't mention how long it would take if you had a baby and a two year old to help you! This is as far as we got, but that includes the 1,000,000 times we stopped to take care of the girls or to take pieces away from them!
Each night that week, we would inhale our dinner, put Tatem to bed, and work like crazy with Landrie until dark. Then we'd work a bit more. :)
Landrie loves the little bench and picnic table. :) She also loved staying up past her bedtime each night because we couldn't stop long enough to put her to bed!
Finally, a few days later we got it 90% done and we able to put a swing on it. Do you see the JOY on her face during her first swing ride?? That made it all worth it!! We didn't put the anchors in the ground because it was too dry, and the ground was too hard to hammer them in.
A few days later, one of those crazy Texas storms blew through with HUGE gusts of wind and knocked it over!! We watched it happen in slow motion out our back window! That was about a month ago, and Landrie is still talking about it. "Mommy, my playground fell DOWN! Mommy and Daddy FIX it!!! I so happy!"
We play on it ALL THE TIME now!
The girls adore it!
And we adore their precious grins...
...and squeals of laughter!!
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