Last night and this morning were spent putting together Jacob's new swing set. Well, the swing set isn't new but it's new to us. A friend my dad works with moved into a house that had it in the backyard. Being that she is single and has no kids, she was happy to get rid of it. Yes, for free! So my dad spent 2 evenings after work at her house taking it apart. Alone. By hand. He's such a great Papa!
My parents brought it over yesterday around 4. The unloading began and then the frustrations began. Let's just say my dad sort-of labeled where pieces go. He did email several pictures before he took it apart so that helped. It's old and some of the bolts were rusty and broke. We had to replace a few pieces of wood too. That wasn't a big deal but figuring out which directions the poles needed to go and how it all fit together was interesting, especially w/ anal Alcorn (Brian) working w/ let's just throw-it-together and make it work Dad! Oh, and did I mention they worked until 10pm, yes, in the dark to get the bulk of it done.
Now it's done and Jacob LOVES it! He ran to the back door first thing this morning to peek out and make sure it was still there. We got him a little swing today which he loves. He can climb up the ladder (it's around 5ft) by himself which scares me half to death. He can also climb all the way up the slide.
So it wasn't the relaxing 2 days off that Brian was hoping for but he kept saying "I've got to go finish this for Jacob b/c he deserves to have the best fort on the block!" How sweet!
My parents brought it over yesterday around 4. The unloading began and then the frustrations began. Let's just say my dad sort-of labeled where pieces go. He did email several pictures before he took it apart so that helped. It's old and some of the bolts were rusty and broke. We had to replace a few pieces of wood too. That wasn't a big deal but figuring out which directions the poles needed to go and how it all fit together was interesting, especially w/ anal Alcorn (Brian) working w/ let's just throw-it-together and make it work Dad! Oh, and did I mention they worked until 10pm, yes, in the dark to get the bulk of it done.
Now it's done and Jacob LOVES it! He ran to the back door first thing this morning to peek out and make sure it was still there. We got him a little swing today which he loves. He can climb up the ladder (it's around 5ft) by himself which scares me half to death. He can also climb all the way up the slide.
So it wasn't the relaxing 2 days off that Brian was hoping for but he kept saying "I've got to go finish this for Jacob b/c he deserves to have the best fort on the block!" How sweet!
2 comments:
That's cool about the free swing set...and about him looking outside to see if it was still there. LOL
A nice wooden swingset is a great investment (even better if it is FREE - you lucky dog). Clayton has spent many, many hours on his. I'm sure that Jacob will love it for many years to come. :)
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