We excitedly said YES to our neighbors when they offered us their beautiful playground set for our yard. It has swings, monkey bars, a rock climbing wall, a lookout tower and a slide.
It's in pretty good shape. We have to anchor it to the ground yet, once we figure out exactly where we want it in our yard. We may add a few shingles on top of the lookout tower and a fresh coat of stain to the wood. I'm hoping to find a toddler swing (at a rummage sale) so Liam can swing in the sunshine this summer.
Liam is already enjoying playing with rock climbing rope and likes to crawl underneath everything. And he loves swinging on the swing with his mama :)
We also picked up a plastic swimming pool for free from our neighbors house! They had it on the curb, so we took it. Liam's going to love splashing around in it this summer.
Okay, and one more thrifty thing from this weekend: there's a church a few blocks away from us that had a huge baby & kids rummage sale on Saturday. They had crazy amounts of kids toys, bikes, books, clothes, etc. Matt and I rummaged through the 12 month and 18 month boy clothes and found some great finds for Liam. The best part is - all of the clothes cost us only $14. And that included a sa-weeeet pair of garden boots for me :)
Here are a few photos I took of Liam this afternoon in our backyard:
I love this little boy so dang much! |
He finds random sticks in the yard and thinks they're the coolest things on the planet. |
Exploring. |
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DAILY SMILES
Things that made me smile last week:
4.22.13
I pruned all of our hydrangea bushes in the sunshine, on Earth Day!
4.23.13
I enjoyed talking to some people that I used to work with
4.24.13
Liam enjoyed coloring a birthday card for his pal & then we delivered to him
4.25.13
We found out from our veterinarian that our cat Marlee is all healed :)
4.26.13
We enjoyed delicious burgers that Matt made on the grill
4.27.13
We hung out with my brother for a few hours
4.28.13
Liam and his friend Reegan had fun playing on the new playground set