Friday, July 28, 2006

Building a tree fort together

Well, have been working on a tree fort since last weekend. The girls have been planning this for as long as I can remember after seeing the property for the first time. Millie wants some of it a certain way and Oaksana wants her a diefferent way - it's so cute listening to them plan it out. So Collin and I built the bottom frame and the girls have been doing all of the floor board nailing - they are having a great time. (We are working on our patience, as TRUST US - watching & waiting for little girls to hammer can take some time!) But well worth the wait to see how proud they are to be doing this themselves.
So yesterday at lunch I took the truck to the dump - there is always a massive wood pile there that has tonnes of good wood. And I scrounged around and found a few good pieces of plywood, some fence boards (that I think we will put as a finishing touch on the fort patio), and there were boards there that were shaped and had been painted like circus tent tops! The girls thought those were super cool. And there was also a board that had a bunch of horses hand painted on it so I got that as well so we could cut out the good pieces and use them as decor!
Collin shook his head and all the "CRAP" I brought home but... I think once we have it all together on the fort it will look great! I will of course post pictures as I take them! Have a great day.....

1 comment:

Fer said...

I cannot wait to see the pictures!

I Took The Handmade Pledge! BuyHandmade.orgVisit my Etsy Store @ http://rooski23.etsy.com/