Done! Almost.

Today was supposed to be the finishing day for Le Grande Playhouse. We were almost finished. We started to put the ladder together and then noticed that there were no ladder rungs. Anywhere. We hadn't really paid too much attention to the metal parts, since there were piles of wood of varying lengths lying everywhere. Then there were no ladder rungs. I went inside to call the number on the front of the manual. The service rep was very nice and agreed to send it to us. I sighed. He asked for our address and I gave it to him. I said our town's name and he said, "Oh, that's great. Our office is in Siloam Springs! You can just come and pick up your parts and it will be a lot quicker." Yay! So we loaded up the car and drove to get our ladder parts. We got home and put it together. We had some drama putting the slide on because we wanted it to start farther back on the playhouse so no one would fall out before the high sides began. But we figured it out and then tried to put the roof on and the little window screen while both of the kids weaved through and around and over and under to go up the ladder, through the playhouse and down the slide as fast as possible. We finished and then sat back to watch.


Erin had to go in for a much needed nap, so she's not in these pictures, but rest assured, she loves the slide and can get up and down the ladder like a champ (believe it. I watched her go up time and time again and even change her mind and come back down).



What do you think? I think they like it.










For an added bonus, we opened the swing beam package and found several missing parts. Like swings. And the trapeze bar. And the swing chains. And a couple other things. We are on a first name basis with the sales reps now. Sigh. Now we can get rid of the rusty, squeaky old swingset and enjoy our new one. :)