Devin and Tate had really been missing their swing set since moving to our new house. We knew we had to quickly remedy that problem. After asking the kids about what they would like, Devin put into Greg's head that we should build a pirate ship. This set Greg on a mission. He spent hours combing the Internet looking at our various options. He finally came upon a website that sells plans to help you build your very own pirate ship. We purchased the plans and put a date on the calendar with family and friends.
Day 1 of pirate ship building consisted of some pretty crappy, cold weather and some major confusion around the pirate ship plans. We stuck with the plans for all of about 4 hours. Then we were quickly in "winging" it mode.
The ship come together rather quickly. Had the bones of the hull done on Sunday. Finished boarding the sides in, put up the swing arm, and built the walkway on day 2. On the third day we built out the top portion, added the slide, and put up the mask. Then it was just some finishing touches on the last day.
Grandpa Wolsing made some awesome finishing touches for the boys pirate ship. Here is the figure head he made. Now we have our very own mermaid.
No ship is complete without a name. The boys decided on "Bucky". Thanks to Jake and the Never land Pirates show.
Even a skull and crossbones for the back of the ship.
Grandpa Wolsing made it so the boys could raise and lower the flag. Only fitting it's a Purdue flag.
Thanks Grandma & Grandpa Wolsing, Uncle Matt, Uncle Eric, Den and Liza the boys have an amazing play set. This was our team of spectacular builders. Thanks to everyone for all of their hard work!
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