Slide

When we moved into our house in Syracuse there were no steps off our sliding glass door. It just led to a little balcony. One of our first orders of business was to build a deck and put stairs on it. I really wanted a slide off the deck, however, we were short on cash so I was okay with not having one.

Right before we finished the deck our friends from Logan called and said they had a slide they were getting rid of and if we wanted it. Of course I wanted it! It wasn't quite long enough to go off the deck. Cody and I were trying to figure out what to hook the slide to and also what we were going to do with our old railing on our "balcony." It ended up that if we turned the railing the slide fit just right onto that. We screwed the old decking on top of the railing and we had a slide. The plan was to use the railing as stairs and they they could play in the shade underneath.

(Before shot. Wasn't my little Ty a cutie! Thank goodness those diapers are gone!)

It worked out pretty well, but it was hard to climb up. Paige loves to go down the slide but it is just hard for her to get up there. She is constantly asking Cody and I to lift her up so she can go down the slide. This weekend we finally remedied the situation.

We decided to make a rock wall climbing area (which we haven't finished) and then put a railing on. Last night we put the rock wall together and then today we figured out a railing and went and bought everything and made it.

Our kids are now loving it. Paige is even going up the rails by herself. She actually has something to grab onto to pull herself up. We had a really hard time getting them to come inside tonight. Hopefully they will keep enjoying it and not get bored with it.