Friday, March 27, 2009

Playhouse Progression...

I mentioned that we were getting a swing set/playhouse and that our friend Chris Dowdy is building it....the kids have been soooo excited and I have been even MORE excited! So here's the time line of what has been happening with it!

Here's day one with Chris and his wife Stefanie....






March 18, 2009




By the end of the day my kids had something to climb on...

March 18, 2009

Day 2 we had even more to climb on and it was tested by about 9 happy kids and it was approved by them!

March 19, 2009

Day 3 we had stairs so finally Gavin could get up by himself, and we had walls and a roof!

March 20, 2009



Day 4 we got the monkey bars!!!!! And he put up the rock wall but it doesn't have the little rocks to hang on to yet. Gavin thought it was the slide and before I could catch him he went sliding down it :) Luckily no broken bones yet :)

March 25, 2009





March 25, 2009







March 27, 2009



Today I couldn't find the kids and when I looked out all I could see was their sleeping bag in the playhouse. I yelled for them and all of a sudden all 3 of them popped up from the sleeping bag :) Gavin was being stubborn and didn't wait for me to grab my camera and wouldn't re-pose. It was very cute. Needless to say they are LOVING the playhouse and we have spent the last week outside all day. It is so perfect because I can see it from the kitchen, the living room, the family room, and I can go up in my room and see them and open my window and yell down to them if I need to! I am LOVING it!



Chris has to go out of town for Spring Break and the slide and swings have not come in yet, but the kids don't seem to care. It just gets them excited all over again each time he adds a piece! Fun stuff!


March 27th, 2009


Matt had the idea to let the kids sleep out in the playhouse...since it was his great idea I let HIM sleep out there with them :) Emma ended up coming in the house with me.



March 28th, 2009



They made it! Little did we know half way through the night poor Matt's back was KILLING him, so he came in and Luke endured through the whole night :)






May 2009


IT'S COMPLETE!!!! Chris came and stained it and it is beautiful! Here is the finished product


8 comments:

kim and morgan said...

OH my heck! Looks like a blast! How fun for your kids.

Grandma and Grandpa Gillespie said...

WOWEE!!! LOOKS LIKE ONE FROM BETTER HOME AND GARDENS A CHILD'S DREAM PLAYGROUND! HAVE FUN YOU ROSES - NO BROKEN BONES PLEASE!!

Heidi Reid said...

Yeah! Another dream coming true! Congrats on the fun playhouse.

Greg and Wendy said...

What a backyard dream come true! Can't wait to see it this fall! It should be well broken-in by then (not broken, broken-in!he he)!

Jocelyn said...

I love how it has two different rooms. That's really cool.

Can you say "camp-out?!!!!"

Lori Wilson said...

Wow, what a dream! My kids (and I) are seriously JEALOUS!!!! So fun!

Irina Cline said...

hey when we come visit you, can we sleep in the playhouse?

The Reids said...

yay Sara can't wait to come to Flordia this summer and play with it !!!!!!!!
Brynlie