I remember as a kid every fall my Dad would trim back the trees drastically and I’d build a fort out of all those branches. It was quite a feat. So, in my mind this should be on every kid’s childhood to do list.
We were trimming the trees in our front yard the other day before the spring growth hits, and we had already completely filled one with branches, when I said, “New plan! We’re making a FORT!”
The kids were now much more enthusiastic to help haul branches.
We filled the wagon and hauled branches back to the back corner of our yard. It’s quite nicely tucked under our big huge trees, “The Mommy and Daddy trees,” as my kids say.
Then began the real work.
I don’t quite think they thought it was work.
And of course you need a photo shoot afterwards. With lots of dramatic posing.
Don’t ever forget the dramatic posing.
Everyone needs a tree fort sometime. Maybe I’ll even dig through my Mom’s photo albums and find a picture of MY tree fort.
I think my entire childhood was spent in pursuit of the perfect fort – this is great!
All kids love forts. I might send mine out to build one today 🙂
I pulled together the AL stuff for you last night and hope to get it mailed this week. Its just some worksheets and things I did when my big kids were younger.
I love your photo collages!!! We built a fun tree fort after trimming a couple of our trees last fall!
They look like they are having so much fun! We love forts, too. The wall in your backyard is interesting.
Looks like a lot of fun. I am jealous of your big backyard!
Very cool! I would love to see pics of your fort!