Tuesday, June 26

Our New Swingset

I think normally a new swing set wouldn't merit it's own blog post, but the story of how ours came to be is too fun not to share.  As I've mentioned one of out favorite places to shop is Craigslist.  It's safe to say that ALL of the large furniture in our house is from Craigslist--with the exception of a dresser and shelf from IKEA. After many weeks of searching on Craigslist, Sol eventually settled on a swing set.  




It's huge.  Bigger than huge.  It's right on the edge of looking ridiculous in our backyard.  Sol has currently put all our outdoor toys underneath it, so it kind of looks like a yard sale, but it's still awesome.  And if you look closely, you can imagine 495 running right behind our backyard, beyond that second fence!





It has two slides, swings, monkey bars, a rock wall, a cute picnic table and a little fort. It's awesome.  The boys love it.  I think they could literally play all day in it.  They sand table moved under it--providing a little more shade.  They both love love the sand--Braden thinks it's delicious!







Every morning since it arrived, Finley runs to the door and looks out and says, "My swing set is still there!"  He also told Sol that if it rains, we need to put the swing set in the shed.  Um... probably not.



All four of us love it.  I'm so proud of my super Craigslisting husband. And I'm even more glad we hired some dudes to disassemble, relocate and reassemble it for us or we would probably be working on it for a month.

9 comments:

  1. fun!! when we purchased our home 5 years ago we had a swingset just like that in our back yard! we sold ours on craigslist! gotta love free money!

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  2. I've seen it in real life! It's so fun! Too bad Anne doesn't have hers anymore - Finn would have come over to play on it!

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    1. Too bad! Although I'm sure Anne made some kids really really happy!

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  3. Looks awesome. We are planning on doing the same thing! How did you find the guys to relocate and set it up?

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    1. It was kind of weird--the mover actually contacted the people selling it to let them know they were available! But you could contact a moving company or look for someone on Craigslist... or even post a help wanted type ad. Don't try to do it yourself!

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  4. Um, it's amazing. I kind of want to play on it myself.

    And, Mr. Finley looks so grown up in the picture with the buckets. Goodness.

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  5. You two know how to make those little guys of yours happy. Now you have a deer blind, too!

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  6. ok you weren't kiddin this thing is HUGE! And awesome! I bet the boys will really enjoy it.

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