We have had these boxes sitting in our back yard for weeks. Boxes that contain all the necessary parts to build a beautiful swing set. Being a summer SAHM, I quickly because aware of the NECESSITY (notice the shouty bold caps) of having a safe and operating swing set in our backyard. This would provide me with strength and sanity.
AP was quite certain he could "knock this out" in one day. I'm pretty sure he could, too, but I was also fearful that he would knock something else out - like his back or a kid. So, I called up our wing(wo)man - T & T. We now had the workers, and the materials, and an instruction manual...
The boys worked independently, and with their shirts on for awhile. Not going to lie, there was not much progress being made. Boards (and cuss words) were flung about, and there was some grunting. Enter Type A T. She had those shirts off, sunscreen applied and an assembly line of parts lined up in 20 minutes.
It did take all day (and 30 beers) - but the mighty jungle gym was ready for action before the kids went to bed that night.
Those 147 steps just gave us the happiest kids in America.
Looks good, right???
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