My summer project was to find a swing set for Aurora. I started by asking my facebook friends what they'd recommend, and they kindly lead me to Rainbow Systems and Costco. I checked out the selection online and got a Costco membership just in case. They sell Rainbow sets (among others), and of course they're also great for diapers, milk, and snacks. After some thought and searching, I decided that those sets are just too big, too expensive, and too advanced for us right now. So, I found the perfect alternative - a big plastic swing set made for toddlers and kids through about age 6. As much as I liked it, it was also pretty expensive and hard to find. I started looking on craigslist every weekend - I looked, and looked, and looked. For over a month I've been searching, and this weekend it finally paid off! I got the exact $599 swing set I wanted for only $200!!!
Bailey and Kreuzer brought their pick-up truck and helped us get it home. The boys put it together, and now it's finally ours...
It's got a nice big slide, two swings, and a cool little clubhouse underneath. The whole time we were playing, Aurora just kept clapping and saying "Yay!!" while grinning from ear to ear.
Aurora loves it and I know it'll give her years of fun. Looking out the window, this house really feels like a family lives here - and I really feel like a parent. Not that I didn't before, but wow. We've got a swing set in our yard!
We're so fortunate to have such great friends, willing to spend the whole day helping us out. Thanks guys!!!
11 comments:
Hurrah for Aurora, looks like she approves! Yes, you may not have Grannys nearby, but you do have some wonderful friends in Austin.
Couldn't have thought of a better way to spend a Saturday.
Yay for swing sets!!!!
I mean Sunday--it's late and that kid wears me
out, give me a break ;)
Hey, you spent part of Saturday with us too - it's all a blur!
Yay! What a great swing set! Congrats!
Very nice swing set, great deal too!
I can't wait to try it out. Will it hold 117 lbs? If not, I will just have to pass--darn. Aurora does look like she's having a ball with it. She and Zeland should have fun swinging and sliding together at Thanksgiving--not that far away now.
Nancy, don't break our swing set! You can just assist the toddlers :)
I think Granny Nancy is a kid at heart, LOL! She just loves to go through the kiddie maze at Apple Holler when she visits Cheezland. Great playmate for A & Z.
Sweet!! Can't wait to see the babies or should I say toddlers play on the swing set together.
It will be fun just assisting the toddlers. I'll have to find a park with big swings I can swing on. Nancy
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