May 18
2009
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Brady's parents bought him this cool playhouse when he was a little boy. He and his little brother spent many hours in it I am sure. They had it moved here years ago and it is in the perfect location for such adventures and dreaming. I would have loved to have Hailey and Hunter play on it but it was way beyond repair and not safe at all. The support beams and planks were all rotten and every last one would have needed to come out - except for the staircase. That part is still in good condition. So off to the burn pile it went and new memories will be made with a replacement for our children. We are looking into finding a new structure. The barn out back needs some repair. We are hoping to find something that might serve two purposes. One part could be to house the lawn equipment and the other a play fort! We will see. It is fun to look things up and dream. I loved playing in the one my grandfather built. It was a two story one. The top was a two bedroom play area and the bottom was for grandfather. He housed his stuff below and kept pretty birds. We had a jungle gym growing up that was pretty cool too. Hailey has an awesome one at the lake house and a simple swing set here so the future one needs to be a fort/playhouse! I had to post these pictures of his old playhouse for posterity and to use as a potential new building guide.


written by Gam Gam, May 24, 2009
What a perfect fort! - Loved the hours as a kid we played in the house my dad built, my Gma H had a tree fort - it was sweet, we would climb to the top of the mulberry tree and could see for miles! My Grpa M had a small platform in the tree we would dance on. Some great memories!