Get Your "Shine" On- Sunshine that is!

It is official. My son loves to be outside. He is like me so much when it comes to being outdoors. I could be outside all the time; I could live out there if there was a nice comfy bed. But alas, there is not and as you can see there are no trees for a hammock. The fact that he loves to be outside so much makes me want to make our backyard into a haven for us since I know that we will be spending a lot of time out there. 

Our very, very plain backyard. But that makes it a perfect canvas to create what I want!

When I first purchased the house, I decided to have a fence put around the back and side yard. It was the first house in the fairly small neighborhood and the property went right up to a fairly busy well-traveled road. Amazing, you can't hear the traffic from inside the house. I just thought I needed a little privacy. Now, I am so glad that I did the whole fence thing, especially in terms of the dog having open reigns and now Korbin can run free-well, when he can actually run. 

Then, last year, we added a pool (this year, we are adding the deck). My husband is one of those guys that never likes to be in debt for anything, so we have to have the money upfront to do/buy what we want or we wait. Credit and all that can get you into too much financial trouble in his eyes. Plus, he is frugal...lol.

I have my whole little haven mapped out in my head. I think I know exactly what I want to go where. I just want to make it a perfect little play space for my little man. See how happy he is to be outside? We never get smiles like this while we are stuck inside the house. 

So, I must give this little face a space to play. I am thinking this Backyard Beach would be a great idea. I even like the fact that it has the little garden around it. I really wanted a nice space for my son but I also have wanted a little space for myself to have some herbs and plants. I can even see a little paved area beside of it for me to have a place to sit.

In my blank canvas of a backyard, I have this idea that I want to create. I am thinking that we should have a fir-pit (for s'mores), a built-in outdoor kitchen (already have the design plan in mind from a book I bought at Lowes years ago), and a little space carved out for me to sit and read a book and have a glass of ice tea or whatever. I have an old table for two that was my grandmother's. It is an ugly green color, and I want to make it a vibrant, fun color. It is on my must do list this summer. We have a lot of the major pieces for the pieces that I want to incorporate, but are just waiting for the time. These things are what I think could truly transform this blank space that we currently call our backyard. This little face is too cute not to make happy.

I WANNA PLAY!