Play Time

As you might have guessed, we do a fair amount of playing at our house. During Christmas break I used many different strategies to keep our kiddos occupied. This day in particular I was thinking about building a fort with the kids. The more I thought about a fort the more it felt like work rather than fun. With a fort there is a much greater chance of it falling down, especially with our guys. Also, putting away a fort is a good amount of work since there are so many blankets and tables or chairs involved. Not to forget the "weights" you have to use in order to keep the blankets from falling down. We usually end up with books and heavy pots on every corner. Then you have all of the arguing that happens when someone accidentally pulls a wall down. So, I opted to not go this route at all and bring a tent into the living room. It was a really good idea, and since I do not have many good ideas, I was tooting my own horn!! The girls gathered pillows and blankets to toss in the tent, and went crazy from there. Each little person added their own touches to the tent, stuffed animals, cars, whatever they felt needed to be inside. They enjoyed having their lunches in the tent and watching movies from inside there. We were able to leave the tent up for a few days, and it really kept them all busy. That is until Apryl was pretending to be a bear, growled at the tent and sent Garhett running for his bedroom! I guess she does a really awesome bear impression, but I knew it was her all along!