We have been planning on getting some outdoor play equipment for a couple of months now. We have been looking online at different pieces of equipment but hadn't had a chance to go look at stores. Since Mike finished up his semester on Thursday we decided to use his first weekend free to check out a few stores. We had decided that we wanted to get some sort of house and some sort of climber with a slide. We went to a local Menard's last night and were a little disappointed in there selection. They had one small house and one small climber set up, but neither were in stock. Eli liked the climber a lot and we really liked the size of it. We were both surprised at Eli's reaction to the house. He acted like he was scared to go inside. Today we drove to Cedar Rapids to check out Toysrus. They had one of the houses that we were considering but after Eli's reaction the night before we weren't sure about getting a house anymore. We then went to the Menard's in Cedar Rapids to see what they had. They had the same climber that we liked and a different one with swings we were considering. They also had a small house set up and all 3 were in stock. Eli played on the climber and kept checking out the little house. It took him a little while but he eventually went into the house and he loved it! He ended up playing in the house more than the climber. We knew we wanted to get a house and a climber, but we also knew we could only fit one in our car and would have to order the other online and have it shipped. Since Eli was having so much fun in the little house we decided to get the house we wanted at Toysrus. We go back over there only to realize that it was too big to fit in our car so back to Menard's to get the climber today and order the house later. It was quite a busy morning but all worth it to see Eli's smile when he saw the little climber in out back yard!!!! We are going to have so much fun this summer! We are going to get the house soon and also want to get a little pool for this summer.
His reaction to seeing the climber in our yard
He was pretty excited
He loves it
Climing up the ladder
Checking out the top
Going down the slide
Crawling underneath
Of course he had to climb the slide too
Checking out the steering wheel
Looking through the window
He had a blast!
2 comments:
What a morning! I'm glad it all worked out, and that Eli loves the new set. We were outside yesterday too...got to love nice days!
That looks like so much fun! My kids also love the sandbox, and John Paul even played in it at Jude's age. Do you have one?
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