Day three happened on Wednesday evening, after Andrew got home from work. We took a much-needed break on Tuesday night. After the kids went to bed (around 7) we got to work and kept on until dark. We almost got the slide installed, but it required a wooden stake to be driven into the ground approximately 19 inches. Sounds simple enough, but with a complete lack of rain for a very long time....it wasn't. Then it just got too dark to work and we were too frustrated to keep trying.
Almost finished...but not quite.
This is slightly out of order, but it shows the little window on the side of the fort facing the monkey bars.
A slightly closer view. And yes, that's a real "dormer" up on top. I think it's adorable...but a pain in the neck to build. Have I mentioned that not ONE.SINGLE.PIECE of this blasted thing was put together. Nothing. After we built the roof, which is basically all that was accomplished on day three, we hoisted it up on top of the fort. Andrew got to stand on the ladder and I climbed up in the fort and helped position it. I'm sure we were quite the sight.
And while this has absolutely nothing to do with the building of the playset, since I only got one picture, I decided to add it in with day three. Emily finished up her 1st grade school year last Friday. She did a great job, got fantastic grades and won the "Caring" award, as well a spot on the honor roll. Here she is with her teacher, getting ready to receive her award. She looks so big!
Well, that's it for tonight. The next couple of days of that week it rained (which we so desperately needed) and the weather went from 97 degrees and blazing sun all the way down to daytime highs of 48-52 and rain for the last day of May/first day of June. Crazy weather, but it gave us a bit of a break for the final phase of building the playset.
Stay tuned for part four....where it is finally finished. Well, almost...
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