What you see there, is the finished product. I'm glad to say that it is finished. My poor almost albino skin needs a break from the sun for a few days!
The journey to getting it finished has been full of snags and things, so it's taken about 4 days to get it done. We laid all the boards and things out, getting ready to start only to find that we were missing a few tools to get the job done. After getting lunch and making a trip to the store, we started working on it, though we didn't get very far that day.
We did spend quite a few hours in the sun though and I had neglected to put sunscreen on. Luckily for me, we are in Vegas, not Utah, so I only got slightly pink. The next day, I decided to take some bigger precautions against the sun and wore my hoodie for most of the morning until it got too hot to wear and then added SPF 50 sunscreen after that.
Still got burned! You see, after long hours in the sun, even SPF 50 can't protect my skin. The next day, I took even bigger precautions and wore my jacket the entire day, with my hood up. My face was covered in sunscreen and I tried to hide it as much possible.
We finally got it mostly finished... and the boys love it! They ate their lunch without a fuss at all and were so excited to sit at the picnic table.
Today, after getting a few pieces (that the boys misplaced) from the store, we have finally finished it. Now all it needs is the weather protectant to be painted on to it (twice). We're about half way through the first coat.
It's a huge success! Please forgive the pics as my laptop is still lost and all the pics are from my parent's camera.
How neat! It looks like the boys love it! Though I'm sorry about your sunburn.
ReplyDeletehow fun! We actually just bought one too and are in the process of getting it put together... they're a NIGHTMARE!!!!
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