Sportspower Super 8 Fun Metal Swing Set ($249 at Walmart.com)
This is the swing set I FINALLY decided on after much online searching and deliberating. I am very happy to say that it is exactly what I wanted, and it was worth the wait of ordering it and then driving to Bellingham to pick it up, and it was worth the time and effort it took to put it together.
Step2 Tropical Island Resort
This is the Water Table I couldn’t stop thinking about after I saw it in Costco (Langley, BC), and my inspiration for taking inventory and selling off all of the older, unnecessary toys in my backyard (including a smaller water table that was a lot of fun for my girls to use as a water source for mixing many a “potion”). My girls love it for the playset, and more importantly, it keeps my one year old son entertained and actually standing in one area for over 10 minutes at a time! (I haven’t actually timed him, but seriously, no other toy has been able to hold his attention as long as this one has, and as consistently).