Bill just made some major improvements to our climber. He cemented in the four corner posts so that it would stop blowing over (we apparently often have gale force winds out here in the sticks). He added a couple swings and a lot more wood chips. It looks nice. The boys love it.
Around the time Bill started this project, our neighbor embarked on his own climber project. He built the climber of all climbers for his toddler. It has a straight slide, a twisty slide, multiple levels, stairs (instead of a ladder), swings...it is awesome. Bill wasn't the least bit offended or competitive. He and Rob joked about their projects and our boys received permission to use their climber, provided the Goodwins were home to supervise. We encouraged Rob and Stacey to send the boys home whenever they got tired of their visitors.
So, our boys have been over there visiting more often. And their visits extend beyond playing on the slide. The other day, TJ hurried inside with a huge grin on his face. "Mom!" he said. "Mr. Goodwin let me go out in the cornfield with him and we looked for golf balls together!"
TJ was so thrilled by this privilege that I kept my smiles to myself. Rob loves to swing a golf club in his backyard. And now he has a willing assistant who will run around and find the stray balls. If TJ thinks this is a fun task, I'm not going to point out that he's doing Rob's dirty work for him!
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