My last post mentioned that we had moved to a new home in the last six months. Paul and I made the hard decision to leave our beloved Queen Anne neighborhood behind. One of the major things we have been missing for Madeleine and Cora were city parks, that actually looked welcoming and had real live children playing in them. Right before Christmas I are ran into one of our old neighbors who had been forced to move at the same time - Ari and Mara - also moved South to the city of Des Moines. In passing Ari mentioned their new house had a playset in the back yard that they didn't want it and thought it would be perfect for our daughter Madeleine. I was thrilled - Paul saw lots of work involved....
The first weekend in March was dismantle and move day. I was able to take the whole weekend off from work. My parents were willing to watch the girls for the whole weekend. Even the weather cooperated for us. We celebrated Paul's birthday with a family dinner at our house on Friday - the girls went home with my parents. Saturday morning Paul and I enjoyed sleeping in and a home cooked breakfast together. Then it was time to gather our tools and head over to Mara and Ari's house.
The beginning of challenging project.
He's still smiling:)
The lattice top had to go. In the end we salvaged the 2x4's which we will use for a gate to keep our doggies out of the play area and the 4x4 beam that the swings hang from.
Dismantling is done. Mara and Ari are planning to get married in their back yard this fall.
Loaded up and ready to head over to its new home.
Day Two - play tower is starting to take shape.
play tower complete with slide and the beam for the swings is in place.
All Done! Ready for Madda and Cora to start playing on it.
Madda approves!
We still have a few more projects to complete until the back yard is complete. Progress reports will be posted as we complete each project.
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