Dragon's Lair Pictures ...

Okay, so I went out and took some pictures of the Dragon's Lair this morning, and as I was finishing up, Cyndie and the kids got home from MOPS, so I took some more . Here are the best of the bunch ... I'll try to add a little descriptive here and there so that you can make sense of all the woods you're seeing. The Dragon's Lair has really turned into a fun play area and the kids are spending more and more time out there!


This is the view from the deck/house. There are three platforms, front and center, to the left and back, and then directly behind the first one is the last one. The first is about four feet tall, then six feet, then seven or eight.
Here's another angle of the first platform. It has a rock climbing wall up, a ladder up, a short slide down, and then a walkway over to the second platform. That is a balance beam in the foreground.

This is the monkey bars which are Emma's favorite part. She's been climbing all over them and is spending a lot of time hanging out on top of them lately. Timmy does pretty darn well on the monkey bars too, but is lacking in confidence. I think he could go the whole way across by himself if he really wanted to! In front of the monkey bars is the fireman's pole which is off the walkway between the first two platforms. You can also see the "adult's area", the bench.

This is from the other side (away from the house from on top of the mound system). You can best see the second and third platforms and the swing set. We still have the taller swing set on the other side of the yard. You can see that the second and third platforms are connected by a yellow tunnel.

This is the rope ladder up to the third platform. Emma really likes that one too. It took Timmy a bit, and he's not 100% confident yet, but he's getting better about getting up and down the ladder.

This is the back side of the third platform. There are a series of platforms which the kids can climb from one to the next to go up and down from the third platform.

This is just another view of the third platform and platforms to get up to it. This is taken standing on the first platform.

Here's Emma rocking the balance beam.

Our little monkey.

Tim on the fireman's pole ... he's a big fan of that part.

Working the swing set.

Emma on the rope ladder. It is attached to the ground so that the kids don't swing too badly on it.

In the tunnel.

Cyndie working the adult area and Timmy up on the monkey bars launch area.

Emma on top of the monkey bars.

So there you have it. The Dragon's Lair as it exists today. I'm sure we'll end up adding some more, but as of now, it is extremely "usable" and fun.