Recently my sister-in-law posted on her blog how she spent the afternoon under the kitchen table with her little one year old and that they had so much fun reading books and playing. She said she remembered how much fun it was to build forts and have secret hiding places growing up.
That made me remember all the forts I would build in the living room growing up too. The laundry room at my grandparent's house was our elevator when we closed the doors, and all the cupboards in the house were great hiding places for hide and seek. Since the afternoon was going very slow and there almost never seems to be anything to do between 3-5 PM besides fight and whine, I decided we would build a fort!
We gathered blankets, pillows, and clothes pins. Ryan really got interested in putting the fort together with me. Ben crawled around under it and was excited for the "tunnels." It took us about 3o minutes to build and the boys were quite proud of their creation. However, as soon as I walked away to take care of Leah, the fort lost it's interest. They spent the rest of the day playing around OUTSIDE the tent and by the end of the day it had collapsed. Oh, well, maybe they'll like hide and seek better.
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Sounds like you guys are making the most of your time there. Don't you love it when you go through all kinds of trouble to do or make something you are SURE will be a hit, only to have them not care so much?! Mason already does that all the time. The joys of motherhood. :) The boys hair looks great. I am here in the U.S. so I have no excuse for why Mason looks homeless.
How fun! Fort-making was one of my favorite things to do as a kid. You're such a fun mama to your little ones. Can't wait to do fun things together this summer! You'll give me good ideas and get me out of the house more, I'm sure.
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