When it comes to the summer season, I always spend the time to see what improvement or fixture I could do to my backyard. After all, this is where my kids and I will be spending most of the time together. Last week, I noticed that one of the stone steps in the yard was very loose. When I stood …
How to Set Up a Volleyball Net in the Yard?
It’s a beautiful and chilling morning. I just got back home after dropping my daughter at school. I’m now sitting on the deck of my backyard while writing this post. I love playing many different kinds of sport. For instance, soccer, basketball, squash, swimming, ping pong, and skiing. I have started introducing some of them to my kids as I …
How to Winterize a Basketball Hoop?
As I was jogging in my neighborhood this morning, I noticed that many households have a portable basketball hoop in their yard. Since we usually would have a massive amount of snow during the winter, I wonder how do they winterize it? Winterizing a basketball hoop could involve draining the water or sand from the base, disassemble the poles, and …
12 Essential Tips to Winterize a Backyard
It’s crazy how fast time flies when you have kids. At the time I’m writing this post, there are only a few days left until the summer holiday is officially over for my daughters, then they’ll start going back to school. The end of summer marks the beginning of the time to winterizing a backyard. The purpose of winterizing is …
How to Build a Backyard Ice Rink with Snow?
My wife and I had a talk last week. As the summer holiday is approaching an end, she suggested that our first daughter to start taking skating lesson in the upcoming school year. I agree with her as our daughter said in numerous times that she wants to learn skating. It must be after when we went to watch “Disney …
Fun Things to Do in Winter Without Snow
“Hey, Daddy, if there were no snow this year, what are we going to do?“. I remember my daughter once asked me when we were watching a cartoon movie together. I love spending time outdoors with my daughters. Even during the winter time, we would hang out in our backyard in building a snowman, snow tubing, or constructing a snow …
How to Prepare a Surface for a Play Structure?
Whenever I pick up my daughter from school, there are many kids having fun on the playground. They are incredibly active on the play structure. Climbing up and down on the metal chains, sliding down on a slide, (sometimes, they are even running uphill on the slide), and jumping from one playset to the next. I begin thinking without a …
Backyard Camping in Winter with Kids
Every once in a while, I would see friends posting photos on social media of them and their kids camping in the backyard. However, most of them did that during the summer. I wonder what would be needed if we bring the camping experience to the winter season. Afterall, a child needs to be physically active not just in the …
How to Maintain a Wooden Swing Set?
In my one of my previous posts, I wrote about “How to choose a wooden swing set?“. I hope that was helpful to you in making a purchasing decision. Regardless of which wooden swing set you picked, I’m sure you would want your investments to be worthwhile. Therefore, it is important to properly maintain it, so that the swing set …
How to Choose a Wooden Swing Set?
Whenever I walk past my daughter’s school playground, there are always kids having a great time playing on the swing set. I wonder what does it take to install one in my backyard. What kind of materials would be safe and durable? What is the price range of them? Will it be difficult to assemble? Here are some details I …