A Weekend Or Two

The last two weekends Tim has been working hard on re-landscaping Leah's playground area.  The area was getting pretty overgrown with weeds, so he decided he wanted to pull up all the bark, lay down weed barrier, and put down new bark.  I figured this would be a tough project, but we were able to accomplish it in two weekends. (I really can't say how tough it was, seeing as I did about 5% of the work and when I say "we" I really mean Tim and his dad.)

This was an in-progress picture from two weekends ago.  You can see the weeds under the slide and the faded red bark, yuck!

 After naptime, Leah decided to join in on the fun!

 Quite a little helper!

 This was the view last Saturday evening, after Tim had laid down all the weed barrier. It looks better already. 

 Action shots

I didn't get too many action shots of the bark actually being put down, I was too busy trying to convince a busy toddler she needed to take a nap. (Turns out I need to work on my convincing skills!)

One of these days, I think Jim will learn to run the other way when Tim asks to borrow his truck and wheel barrow.  

 Trent and Leah enjoyed playing on the new, soft playground. 

 Swinging Cousins

 Here is the finished product.  

It looks so much better and makes our entire backyard look nicer!

Leah and Daisy approve!