Steph, Jeff, and Co.: Cardboard Fort

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Cardboard Fort

As we continue to unpack and organize all our junk (seriously, I need to go though and get rid of stuff, why did we keep all this stuff?), we find that we are left with lots of big, empty boxes. At first, we just broke them down and put them in the recycle bin. But then Jeff got the idea to put them together into a great big fort for the kids to play in. That's what he's working on right now, and the kids are having a blast!

The kids like peeking out through the various doors and tunnels.

They especially love the chimney!

Fun, cheap entertainment!

4 comments:

Michelle said...: Looks like a lot of fun! Genius! :-)

How is Audrey doing with her feedings now? Is the expressing working at all? What did the pediatrician say?; January 30, 2010 at 11:40 PM
Tereza said...: hey i found you again:)

love the fort...i bet it gives hours of fun playing time!; January 31, 2010 at 2:06 AM
Esther said...: This looks great. I should try this with all our boxes next time we move. Audrey is getting so big. She is so cute. I want to see your new table with the chairs. Pictures please! I hope things get better with Audrey. I know Hannah went through a phase like that and it was so heart wrenching to not know what was going on. I finally figured out that she wasn't getting enough to eat even though she was nursing all day.; January 31, 2010 at 6:20 PM
Mrs. Homemaker said...: Hey, just thought I'd let you know I started this blog up again. Drop in anytime! :P; February 3, 2010 at 10:14 PM

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