Forts!

With all the moving and unpacking around here, there have been plenty of boxes to make some great forts. Our original fort was made out of the box that our range came in. I cut out windows and doors to Eli, Lexi, and Tori's specifications, and then they decorated it and dubbed it "The Friendship Fort." They had me write that on the top and also the slogan "fun is friendship." Budding ad execs in the making.

The second fort Eli had was made out of a smaller box and pillows by Grandma Amanda when she came for a visit. It was just the right size for Eli to climb inside and "sleep."

Now that we are all moved in I put the kids to work on Monday and had them move the lighter boxes that they could lift to the basement. Then we constructed forts for each of them from the boxes and blankets we used for moving. Noah opted not to have a roof on his fort (which was good since we were running out of boxes), and Eli's fort was built off of the Friendship Fort with the addition of another room. Then Lexi and Tori each had their own and we built a tunnel and smaller fort for everyone to share. The boxes we used I won't need to unpack or put away for a while, and since we have no other use for the basement right now it will stay fort central!

Where'd everyone go?

Found Lexi!

And Eli too!

It's a fort-a-palooza in here!