It’s true, Dan and I have gone off the deep end and got a totally awesome playhouse for Raley - her very own castle!
Every so often I work on the weekends, and then I tend to take a workday off work in exchange. Several of these days I’ve gone to daycare and spent the morning hanging out with Raley and her friends (then I spend the afternoons back home working around the house). One of the days I was there, Raley figured out how to climb up on the playhouse/slide that they have (it happens to be a Clubhouse Climber) and go down the slide (all by herself!). So then I got to thinking that Raley might enjoy a slide/playhouse/large plastic yard thing. And then I started looking them up on the web and Craigslist. I became slightly obsessed intrigued by all the different kinds - who knew there were rock climbing mountains and adobes and log cabins? But I was torn between a playhouse and a slide… and then I found one on Craiglist that had both (and was a nice price to boot!). The castle!

Chateau Raley - Front
Front

Chateau Raley - Back
Back

It has a front door, a parapet, a slide and a secret door exit (behind the fireplace!).

So here’s Raley giving you a tour of Château Raley:


Welcome and slide!

She does actually go down the slide, but the video is too long for flickr. I’ll see if I can figure out a way to edit it; otherwise I’ll try uploading it somewhere else…


Secret door and parapet!

This will keep her happy for some time, but at some point I think Dan and I Raley might need a cottage… or two (must have village houses for the serfs to live in!). I’ll keep trolling Craigslist!

P.S. For knitters with kids (or who know people who have kids - and who doesn’t?), have you seen the new online mag for kid knits? Check out Petite Purls!