It arrived!
The amazing and fun play set that I won from Mom Dot and Skip to my Lou is here. I still can’t believe that I actually won this thing. It’s been surreal and very exciting. I can’t thank everyone enough. The people at HomePlace Structures have been wonderful to work with. Their truck delivery driver was amazing and Bonnie (the logistics manager) was always quick and helpful. It got here so much faster than I ever imagined.
We organized an “erection party” this past weekend. I know, I am juvenile. I don’t care. We dubbed it the party for all men who have ever had an erection, ever wanted one, or who wishes to have one again. HA! Again, I know. You don’t have to tell me how gosh darn clever I am. Anyhow, we had a couple of friends come over and we made a 2 day party out of erecting our play set.
It was HARD. *snort*
We tried to do a “time lapse” of the play set going up. Unfortunately, I kept moving the camera (oops). But here is the general idea of how we got it up:
OMGosh! I just can’t stop with the jokes. LOL
How many men does it take to read the instructions??
This part scared the shit out of me!
Everyone ended up having a great time. I had hot dogs and pizza for Saturday and then my mom made hamburgers on Sunday (Thanks, mom!). The kids swam in the pool. The pool is GREEN now. So gross! But it got a lot of use and was handy for keeping the kids off the play set. It wasn’t hardly done and they were chomping at the bit to get in and play. They were so excited!!
I can see there being some “issues” though. It wasn’t completed an hour before BoBo tried to give me a heart attack. The backside of the raised fort is open so that kids can climb in easily from the rope and rock wall. I can see one of my boys shoving another one off! So they will have to be supervised while out there. Which, I suppose isn’t necessarily a bad thing anyways. I guess I’ll watch my kids if I have to…*wink* Also, all three of them have already fallen off the steep steps.
With some getting used to, this thing is definitely going to last us a LONG time. It’s VERY well made and sturdy. I love that it’s vinyl so there won’t be any splinters. The general consensus is that it is AWESOME!
The Rope Wall. I did this part. I was so freaking helpful.
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