There's a PARK in my backyard!

1 wooden play set

4 regular belt swings

1 two-seater swing

1 tire swing

1 trapeeze

1 rope ladder

1 rock climbing wall

3 red toddler swings

1 big slide

2 small slides

1 tunnel

1 giant sandbox

1 ton of sand

1 play house

1 dome climber

1 balance beam

1 roller coaster

1 spinning seesaw

I think that about covers it.

Oh, and 1 garden. And monkey bars (as soon as there's some more free time to put them back up).

We've had the main wooden playscape for about a year, and Greg and his dad have been working off and on to do some landscaping in the back yard and add on to the playscape. It came with only 3 spots for swings - which will NEVER work when you have 4 small kids! So now we can have 4 regular swings, the tire swing, 2 seater swing, and a trapeeze - all hanging at the same time. I think the triplets are done with their infant/toddler swings, but we'll probably hang on to them for a few more weeks just to be sure.

Greg and his dad worked all day moving sand and adding the second beam for swings. The girls finally got out to play after dinner and had so much fun!

And did I mention that the only things in the back yard that are new are the dome climber (a birthday present) and the see saw (from Santa)? The wood playscape was a demo model marked 1/2 off, the Little Tikes climber, playhouse and rollercoaster were bought off Craigslist, Greg built the sandbox, and the balance beam was built with leftover landscaping timbers!

Here's some pictures from last night:

Melissa

Melissa and Meredith

Greg - glad to have this part done!

Melissa, Claire, Amanda, Nana, Meredith

Claire

Peek-A-Boo Claire!

Claire and Amanda

Amanda and GrandBob

Nana and Amanda, Claire up top

Why are Amanda and Claire in so many pictures? Melissa and Meredith stayed in the sand box almost the entire time, while Amanda and Claire ran from place to place spending a little bit of time playing with everything.

A big view of the playset. Yes, it is attached to the storage shed on the left! Then 4 spots for swings, the fort/slide/rockwall/sandbox, and 3 more spots for swings.

We do still have a few things left to do... finish staining the beam for the swings, then put down landscape paper and mulch under the playset. And then we're done! Really.