I feel guilty that Austin and Lily missed out on having a garden for the year that we were in the unit. Yes yes, we were at the park or beach nearly every day but it's just not the same as being able to open your back door to let them out to play and explore.
So to make it up to them I really wanted them to get them a cubby house/fort, and as Lily's birthday was coming up we had the perfect opportunity to kill two birds, but cubbies are not the cheapest things in the world I soon found out!!! I spent hours trawling cubby sites trying to find something decent but cheap, but eventually I had to settle for something we could actually afford, not the one I really wanted, which was really really hard for me to do - as Steve likes to say "only the best for Karen".
We got the cubby from
My Cubby, they were awesome and organized for it to come in half the normal delivery time so we could assemble it in time for Lily's party. It comes in a kit form that they said should take a weekend to put together - well it arrived on the Thursday which gave Steve 2 days to finish it but he could only do it after work so it was going to be tight. But with a bit of help from me, his mum and my dad he managed to get most of it together in time, even with a few hours delay because of a missing panel. I was very impressed with my non-handyman husband. It still needs the sand pit, paint and a few finishing touches so I will post some more pics when it's completed.
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| Austin helping/hindering |
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| the most important tool - beer |
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| look at all those screws - each hole had to be drilled |
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| Monica and I were the 'holders' |
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| Dad getting roped in on the 2nd day |
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| nearly done |
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