The New Play Set!

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:

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OMGosh! I just can’t stop with the jokes.  LOL

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playset6This 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!

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The Rope Wall.  I did this part.  I was so freaking helpful.

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Thank you everyone again!!  We will enjoy this for a long time!!!!

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16 Comments

  1. 10 August 09 at 3:00pm

    That looks so fun! I’m so glad it went to such deserving little buys, they’re going to be enjoying it for a long time!

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  2. 10 August 09 at 3:01pm

    Wow, that looks awesome!

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  3. Yasmine says
    10 August 09 at 3:02pm

    It looks great, the kids look like their having a blast! We need to set up something like this in my yard!

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  4. 10 August 09 at 3:03pm

    Yay! That looks so awesome. I’m sure you’ll have a blast with it for years.

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  5. 10 August 09 at 3:08pm

    That looks like so much fun! I think I would spend forever on it myself. LOL

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  6. 10 August 09 at 3:25pm

    That looks great! You are hilarious! Enjoy it!

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  7. Marianna says
    10 August 09 at 3:29pm

    Looks like they love it already! How fun!

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  8. 10 August 09 at 3:56pm

    So cool! That is so awesome that you won.

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  9. Stephanie says
    10 August 09 at 5:48pm

    That looks amazing and it sounds like a good time was had by all. Your monkeys are adorable!

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  10. Stefanie says
    10 August 09 at 6:18pm

    YAY!!! Looks great! Congrats! :)

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  11. Kimberly says
    10 August 09 at 7:55pm

    That looks like tons of fun! Congratulations!

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  12. 11 August 09 at 7:02am

    Looks like you all did an awesome job. Congrats on the win!

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  13. Sandy says
    11 August 09 at 8:57am

    That is fantastic! Congrats! :)

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  14. Debbie says
    11 August 09 at 10:16am

    Very cool! Looks like the kids are having a blast !

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  15. 14 August 09 at 1:12pm

    [...] friends came over last weekend to help build the playset.  I decided to make hot dogs for the troops because I’m nice like that.  My BFF’s [...]

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  16. 03 September 09 at 2:00pm

    [...] guess it was about 3 weeks ago when we had our play set building party.  We had about 15 kids in and out of it all weekend.  They had a blast.  But the poor pool [...]

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