Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The building of a swing set

This was our big project one week in May. I found a swing set on Craig's List on a Tuesday. Ed brought it home Wednesday, and by the next week, he had cleared the space, we'd assembled the swing set, and mulched the area. The boys love it!

Ed cleared part of an area we call "the deep dark woods" off the side of our house and put down some of the anti-weed fabric.


Bringing the swing set home


Careful backing up!


The platform part of the swing set is extremely heavy! It took 3 of us to roll and scoot it into place.


In position


The boys play with the upended slide.


Hard at work shoveling mulch


Need more!


TJ helps with the mulch.


Here's where Jojo was while the mulch was being shoveled.


Jojo helps me spread it later.


Ed and Tom work to level the beam for the swings.


Trying out the swing set!


The slide is a big hit!


They love the glider--3, 2, 1 blast off!

And the last two pieces of the puzzle:
Ed replaced the old plastic sides of the platform with wooden slats, and Dad got a new canopy (green, of course!) made at work:

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