It's stormy at the moment, but we had some beautiful weather on Friday and Saturday. The kids played in the yard for a couple hours each day. They amused themselves as usual, digging holes in the lawn, digging holes in the gravel path, and squeezing into the doghouse to pretend it was a fort. I love to have them out there as much as possible, though I wish their activities were less destructive to the landscaping. To this end, I've been pondering the merits of a designated play area, someplace they can dig and climb with no limits. Would it get used? Just when new, or long term? I've gone so far as to look at DIY plans. Like this one: http://www.hot4cad.com/playset.html. The playset doesn't look too complicated to build, but then I recall how long it took me to build a simple arbor...
If you have/had a playset at your house, did your children use it enough to make it worthwhile?
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In Tucson, you, your brother, and the boys down the street liked the mulberry tree in the yard as much as, or more than, the swing-set that was in the yard.
The swing set is still popular around here, but it is big enough for grownups to play too. I think the kids mostly use space they can do what they like in- dig holes, make forts, run, ride bikes. They have outgrown the sand box and play structures and slides but not space to just do stuff outside.
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