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Sunday, May 17, 2015

Babyproofing complete...

Last weekend while I was at work and Cora was napping Paul tested the new drill we bought to replace my old drill that my grandfather had given me for my birthday when I was in college.  He installed magnetic cabinet locks in the kitchen and bathrooms.


Cora testing the new cabinet locks.

Progress in the backyard and its almost finished....

Right before Christmas I just happened to run into our Queen Anne Neighbor, Ari at Trader Joe's.  He mentioned that he and his fiancĂ© Mara has a play set in their new backyard that they wanted to get rid of and thought it would be perfect for Madeleine and Cora.  A few months later Paul and I started converting out back yard into our private park for Madeleine and Cora to play in.  You can see the before pictures of our backyard here - Very nice just not child friendly.

The playset in Mara and Ari's backyard fully assembled.

Paul is still smiling at the beginning of the dismantle portion of our project.

 

 
Figuring out how to take the lattice style roof off the playset was a little challenging.  We decided it would not be part of the reassemble project in our backyard.





 

Time to start loading up the truck.
 
 
 


Disassembly complete.  Time to for date night to begin


Did you have any doubts that everything would fit in the back of the truck? I originally thought we need to rent a flatbed trailer from U-Haul.  Thankfully everything did fit and our neighbor, Richard, helped us unload the truck when we got home.
 
Part TWO: Reassembly of the Playset!




All the little pieces that held the playset together.

Constructing the tower.

The frame for the tower complete...time to add the floor, ladder, and slide.

Still smiling!

Tower complete.  We had a real challenge putting the railing back in. 

Swing set complete!

Another view of the swing set.


Part two complete!  Time to head out to Gran and Pappa's house to pickup the girls.  They graciously took care of the girls for the whole weekend. 

Part Three: Cedar Chips


Eight cubic yards of cedar chips is a lot of cedar chips...
Paul and I each took turns moving the cedar chips to the backyard during naptime on our days off and then one night we just powered out the remaining cedar chips.

We have our driveway back!

Swing set complete with Madeleine and Cora's swings.
Part Three complete!

Part Four Begins....

Now its time to start Part Four: The play area gate.  Paul and I decided that we didn't want the dogs to have access to the play area.  We didn't want to be constantly dodging dog droppings every time the girls wanted to play outside.  So Paul started building a fence.

Deciding where to place the posts.
 
 
Making sure the gap between the house and the end of the fence is too small for the dogs to fit through.
the fence is almost done!