Day 18 - Jessi Smith

We had another early start today and caught the 6:30 bus out to the playground sight. Today was full of progress and a few set backs. The boys were able to put 6 wooden posts into the ground today and secure them with concrete. They were real troopers because making concrete is a back breaking process that takes about 20-30 minutes of constant shoveling per batch. Way to go boys!! The chalkboard  was able to get its first layer of chalkboard paint and many pieces for "noughts and crosses" or "tick-tack-toe" were able to be primed. We had hoped/planned to put the frames for the swings into the ground today, but they ended up being alot more difficult to put together than initially planned. Eamonn was able to finish his beast of a tire swing frame and we made our first attempt to put it into the ground. It took 8 of us to lift it while 1 person documented it. There is a farmer that lives next to the school and he has as been a huge assest to us and to this project. He came over with his tractor and helped lift the tire swing while people tried to get the legs aligned with the holes. We soon realized that the holes we not big enough and it was starting to get very late. We decided to cut out losses and try again tomorrow. We hit a few speed bumps today but tomorrow we will be rested and ready to try again!!!

First attempt at raising the 200kg tyre-swing