The temperature dropped nearly forty degrees this week. Since we just got all the air conditioners installed I was hesitant to turn the heat on and have it go right out the window. So out came the blankets. And with blankets comes forts.
Now I’d like to chalk it all up to my son, but he’s nine months old, so it must be the child in me. First we snuggled up, then I propped my feet up and pulled the sheet over our heads. Aiden was just thrilled. Within a few minutes his feet were up in the air too, playing the sheet like a drum and squealing with delight.
After the first picture I discovered the tent was providing a very cool effect. It was tinting the photos. At first the lighting beneath the blue sheet was making us look like smurfs. I guess it belies my age that I found that quite entertaining.
Once I’d started I had to see what I could do with the rest of the linen closet. Aiden and I had tons of fun. I stacked pillows and made a fort by the couch for him to pull himself up on. I snagged tons of great pictures from odd angles of my living room. The most interesting ones I shot through a loosely crocheted blanket. It let me frame the shot and get different dimensions.
I captured wonderful moments like him peeking out from the blankets and swimming through a pile of them. He loves to climb so everything sturdy he managed to get up on and everything else he got to collapse to the ground. Even better, in a few years I’ll get to prove to him that I taught him how to build forts before his father did.
When was the last time you messed up a room just for the fun of it? Snuggle up and enjoy your little ones while entertaining them is still so simple.
Christy
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