Oh the joys of the assemble it yourself playset! I had read\heard about the drama but didn't believe that it could really be that bad. Well, apparently it is! If you're planning to get a wonderful wooden swing\playset for your kid, save up the extra dough and have someone assemble it for you. You'll save yourself a lot of time of and A LOT of headache.
Okay, I'm getting WAY ahead of myself. This story begins last week with the happy arrival of Mimaw and Pipaw (my parents) for a visit. Dylan hadn't seen them since our trip to Texas in April so it was a much anticipated trip. The main reason they came was to celebrate his big first birthday, but we managed to fit a lot of other fun, memorable events into their time here. Unfortunately, the arrival of the playset we had ordered for our yard (that came several days late along with lots of drama with the delivery company) for Dylan coincided with their visit, so my Dad had the "privilege" of helping assemble it. Poor guy!
Yay! Mimaw and Pipaw are Here!
Fun With Pipaw
What should have been a one day event turned into 4 full days of madness. The problems varied from crappy instruction manuals and missing hardware to flat out mislabeled pieces and missing parts (as large as the slide) altogether. After many hours in the hot sun, a half dozen trips to Home Depot, several do overs of steps and cutting and hacking pieces to our needs, Mike and my Dad (with some supervision help from my Mom) finally finished the playset.
The bad news is that my poor parents were put to work far more than they should have. The good news is that Dylan has a set he's already really enjoying and will (or at least better) enjoy for many years to come.
Wahoo! It's Finally Here!
What's In This Box?!?!
This Clubhouse Is Awesome!
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