The past week and a half sure has been a little crazy for us. The anticipation and excitement of our new swing-set filled our home. We opted for the non-installation purchase... Tobin said he has been "dreaming of building our kids swing-set" for a long time. So needless to say... we were excited to get started on the project.
Well... after a few delivery delays, it finally arrived on Thursday (just in time for a party Mommy was having on Friday). Friends and neighbors jumped in to help set it up. After 4 hours we threw our hands up and thought we had a lemon. ugh. We were angry, frustrated, and sad. What a waste of time. We thought the whole thing would have to go back, and the worse part, we would have to wait another 4 weeks for an exchange. double ugh!
Friday and Saturday came and went. We ignored the pile of wood and half built base in our yard. Then on Sunday... we decided to step back.
We took our lemon... and made lemonade. I think Tob and I will always remember this Sunday. We stepped out of the box and found a way to salvage what we had and together decided to work on the problem. The weather was beautiful, the kids played around us entertaining themselves with water, sand, and imagination as Tob and I diligently worked on solutions to build the swing-set. Now, I am glad we didn't pay someone to have it installed. Now, we will always remember that perfect day when we did it. Now, we feel like we accomplished a huge undertaking. We still need to get a new monkey-bar attachment...but everything else is set up and the kids (and Tob & I) are already making memories!
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| keeping busy while we worked |
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first playground visitors!
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