Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
Throughout the entire process Zoe was extremely excited about getting a swing set in her own yard. She was constantly asking us “play on swing set?”. Even though it was about 35 degrees we couldn’t deny her the chance to play on it as soon as it was done. [singlepic=7684,350,250] [singlepic=7688,350,250] Before too long the […]
Read More “Play on swing set?!” (part 5 – “Play on swing set!!!)With the hole dug, border laid, and wood chips in place we were finally ready to begin building the swing set. This proved beyond any doubt to be the easiest part of the whole process. In all we probably spent about 8-10 hours working on it. Zoe proved to be an indispensable helper. She and […]
Read More “Play on swing set?!” (part 4 – Construction)Now that I’d spent a great deal of time and energy digging a big ass hole in the ground the only natural thing to do was . . . fill it back in! Our city provides free woodchips, the only catch was that we had to take a dump truck full, or about 7 cubic […]
Read More “Play on swing set?!” (part 3 – Woodchips)With the parts ready we were now. . . nowhere near ready to start construction. I knew there was still a lot of work to do before the first hammer would be raised. I just wanted to be sure that if we were missing any parts the company would have time to ship them to […]
Read More “Play on swing set?!” (part 2 – Let the Digging Begin)Why is it that so many of my posts must come in multiple parts? I haven’t yet begun to write but the task seems daunting, much like the project itself. That’s right, Molly and I realized this year that we had two young kids as well as a 30 by 10 foot piece of yard […]
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