Those were Jakob's words, verbatim, last night as Jared and Company began to build a special treat for Jakob. (Obviously, not true...but really funny!) Jakob's birthday is May 15 which is also the performance date for
South Pacific. Needless to say, we knew we would be rearranging things a bit this year! The purpose for the garage sale last weekend was to make enough money to buy Jakob a really special gift this year, as his summer is going to be rocked with the addition of Miss Lily Hope. He LOVES being outside...loves it. So, we decided that we would get a
swingset/fort thing if we could at all afford it. Thankfully, one hugely successful garage sale later...we could! We are so blessed to have a ton of awesome friends, and two couples of them really came through yesterday!
Jacob and Tyson VOLUNTEERED, that's right, to come and help Jared assemble it. They started around 4 unloading and labeling the pieces and finished around 11 last night. This morning Jakob was at our bedside at 5:30 am asking to go outside and play! I am so excited that he will be able to retreat to his playground this summer when things get a little girlie on the inside! THANK YOU
SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSO MUCH JACOB AND TYSON!!! (thank you to
Kassie and Lauren for lending your spouses all afternoon/evening!) We are forever grateful to you for your friendship!!!
Jakob worked on the box while the big guys worked on the structure. This 'happy' face is a bit of a lie as he pitched quite a fit to be in the middle of the real action!
So...dad eventually gave in a bit!
The Ja(c)(k)obs!
Notice that the sun has now retired. These guys are AWESOME!!!
This face is worth every penny and every minute!!! We cannot believe he is almost 3!!!
I spy many hours of fun in the future!!! (Hint for future builders of said swingset: label your pieces with sidewalk chalk!)
Jared still has to attach the swings and trapeze bar today, but the structural parts are done and FABULOUS!!! I am so thankful for all of the comments either by blog, e-mail, or in person concerning my last blog. God has been very gracious in giving Jared and me energy this week to get things done, and we are slowly but surely marking things off of the to-do list! Today, in fact, we are spending the afternoon and evening outside as a family working on the yard and planting flowers. I NEVER would have dreamed that would have been possible earlier this week! Now, don't ask if we have clean laundry because we don't! BUT...we are going to have some quality time together today. If you smell us this week, just smile and nod!
4 comments:
That was a blast! And that face IS totally worth every minute! Are you sure Jakob doesn't need a new see-saw or some other piece of play equipment?!?!? Maybe Anna or Braiden (sp) or Henry or Philip needs a swing set. haha.
We did this too when Caden turned 3...how funny! I even blogged it and it took my dad and Cory several hours! Asked your mom and dad how you were doing today and your onery dad said you were huge! I gave him grief about it though, don't worry! Praying for you as May comes around...you can do it!!!
WOW! Can I come play?? This is awesome!
Damon and I worked until 11 last night on ours and we are almost finished... How much fun our boys will have! Cayden will be so glad you told us about it!
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