Maylee loves "swings and slides," but the closest playground with those features would be in a neighboring town. We decided to get Maylee a play structure for the backyard. We wanted to build it in our upper yard, which the ground is really wet until August due to natural springs in the wooded area behind our house. My parents came up to help us with this project the first weekend we started in on it because Dad has a Skid-steer which we used to level the upper yard and dig a trench. We thought the weekend would be only devoted to our first mission of leveling the ground and attacking the water issue with drain tile. However, we completed that mission in one day so the next day we put Dad's handy-dandy building skills to work on framing up the playstructure.
When we brought all the materials from the garage up to the upper yard, Maylee studied the picture on the box showing kids playing on the play structure. She looked at Papa and said "Just do it!" Papa still laughs about that.
She had a great time using the slide against the hillside between the upper and lower backyards.
Good idea Papa! It kept her busy while we were building.
Pictures of our Progress
Climbing wall and picnic table installed...
Swings, slide, steering wheel, and drums are installed...
Planting and rock path installed...
Rocks around plant installed and working on wood chips...
Until spring comes and the snow melts, we have completed what we can.
Maylee is showing off her "Swing and Slide" to Ammie and Papa.
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