Monday, September 29, 2008

What goes up must come down!!!

When we moved, we left behind the very strong, good quality swing set that Riley got for her 3rd birthday. The girls were so upset, so for Reagan's 4th birthday she got..... yep you guessed it.... a swing set.
All of her grandparents pitched in a bought the one Darren and I picked out. We thought it would be comparable to the one we left in Georgia with a few more upgrades. Um, not so much.... live and learn!!!
About 6 months ago we noticed it wasn't as strong as we would like for it to be in the middle, so we told Riley she could only use the outside swing. About 2 weeks ago Riley was swinging and the outside arm couldn't stand up to the pressure..... Riley only weights 65 pounds.... well within the 150 pound weight limit. We will never buy another swing set from Walmart.

Evaluating the situation

This is quality people

Wow, am I strong or what!?!?!

Reagan is doing her part...
don't you like the life jacket!!!! ;)

Did I mention it took Darren, Bob, and Shane 2 days to put this quality piece of equipment together? Don't you think it should have lasted a little more than 2 years!!!

4 comments:

Danielle said...

I mean...can you take the thing back? It's not like you had a pack of rough boys on the thing..haha!!

Miss you!

Jill Hill said...

i am laughing so hard at this post! sorry..i am not glad that the swingset broke..but i LOVE how you described it! too funny!

also, LOVED the title..i couldn't imagine what your post was going to be about when i read the title..very clever! :)

Hugs!

Let's talk this week..missing you. :(

ps..thanks so much for the sweeter than sweet anniversary wish on Friday!! :)

Laurie from GA said...

Wow, good thing it didn't collapse while they were on it! Am I old enough to say "They just don't make 'em like they used to!"?

Take care!

Mary Hudgins Balicki said...

oh no, that stinks!!!
what a great post, i love the pics of your girls, they are so cute trying to be fierce - reagan in the life jacket is too much, she looks like g.i. jane meets a jet ski!
guess what, we had the EXACT same playset from Wal-mart. thankfully, the fallen oak tree crushed it because it really was a piece of crap - it's now been replaced with one i can swing on-! (thanks to the insurance co.)

love you guys so much!!
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