Playground set for kids

Kris and I decided that we would purchase a nice playground set for the kids. We searched several online websites for the basic design we thought would suit the kids and ultimately settled on a unit that was made of wood. Toys R Us had a nice model with a few features the kids would enjoy but Kris wasn’t excited about paying the full retail price. He decided to drive over and talk to the manager of the toy store to see if he/she would give him a discount. Kris was fairly confident that he could sweet talk his way out of paying full price, but unfortunately the store manager kindly said not possible and suggested that he open a credit account to save 15%... No thanks.

The playground came in three large boxes and EVERYTHING required assembly. I inventoried the parts and also labeled most of the wood pieces so Kris could easily pick them out. It took us about three days to fully assemble it and every day Tyler would ask “is it ready yet?”.

We took some pictures of the assembly process and you can see there was a lot of work involved. After the main unit was assembled, I took to ensuring it was level. This required a lot of digging small trenches for the base to properly sit in. We also dumped a good deal of mulch around and underneath it to create a proper landing pad in case someone falls.