Outdoor Family Time At Home

Once springtime hits, our family tends to spend most of our *free* time outside.  Family bike rides, backyard soccer games, tree climbing, frisbee, croquet and many more outdoor fun activities.   Often times the kids will be playing on the play structure or climbing trees, but they want me to watch.

Perfect area to watch the kids play

I was constantly *borrowing* a chair from the neighbours backyard, or sitting on the bottom of one of our slides.  A few weeks ago hubby mentioned getting a bench to put between 2 trees at the back of the property.  It sounded great to me, so I searched through O.co and found a few benches that would work well in the area.

O.co sent me out the Daffodil Metal Park Bench, and it arrived a few days ago.  Hubby put it together right away.  The first thing he mentioned to me was how well packaged it was.   There were paper layers between the bench pieces to keep it from getting scratched, styrofoam pieces to help protect it, and packaged inside a sturdy box.  Then the box was put into ANOTHER box - it arrived in great shape.

It took him less than 15 minutes from the time he started un-packaging to when the bench was completed.  He did most of it himself, but he did need an extra pair of hands to  help align the arm with the back of the bench.

Mr. J was practicing skateboarding with another child from our street, and I was able to sit and watch while reading my book.  It's also a great place to sit and cheer while the kids (and hubby!) are playing soccer.

The neighbours and I seem to gather here now to chat while we watch the kids playing, or climbing trees.  I am a little surprised at how much of a difference the addition has made to our backyard!

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