Saturday, November 22, 2008

Upstaged

I make really good forts. Lance & I love our forts--with flashlights (he has a flashlight fetish). We use the couch, the dining room chairs, any nearby piece of furniture, & every blanket in the house to make the biggest fort possible. The goal is to make the fort take up every bit of space in the living room (so the only way to get through the living room is to crawl through the fort). My mom taught us how to make forts. It's like an ancient art passed down from generation to generation. All of you mothers know what I'm talking about. :) I love that I can do this with Lance & that he is so excited with our forts. And then David has to go and outdo me with this....
Hmmmmm, that is a bit simpler. Now that Daddy's fort has replaced mine as the best--Lance really did love this--Mommy will have to stick to kissing owies better. I do that way better than Daddy anyway.

And now a Daily Dose of David. David recently informed me that Christmas was his favorite holiday. I laughed because as far as I know, Scrooge doesn't like any holiday. I reminded him that he doesn't like to give gifts (that means spending money), he doesn't like Christmas trees or Christmas lights, & he hates snow. He responded with, "I love Christmas music, & I love receiving gifts." And to prove his point he began singing Jingle Bells. Way to have the Christmas spirit, David. I should have known.

9 comments:

young family said...

Dang that is a good fort!! I'm sure your's were very awesome also, I mean if you have to crawl through it to get anywhere else in the house it has to be awesome :)

I have to say I am a better receiver of gifts than giver also. I don't mind giving I am just not sure what to give :) I love Christmas music too.

Jeep and Nisha's Family said...

I love how we can out-logic our husbands sometimes, but we trick them into thinking we didn't. Did you catch that? Hope so. Thanks for the stories; they make me smile, and that's always a good thing.

p.s. my kids LOVE forts, too. Must be cuz they're so cool.

happy mom said...

yeah, what lora said! lucky for me, I don't think I have to worry about Brian out doing my forts, I won't let him see this.

Nat Lud said...

Man. Those dads just love stealing our thunder! he he That's a good idea though. Sure hope David GETS all that he wants that Christmas!

Granny Annie said...

I'm sure Lance loved both mommy and daddy's forts! When I was small my forts were 2 quilts attached on each side of the clothesline with clothes pins and stakes of heavy rocks....for our kids and grandkids it was either under the table or blankets over chairs.
Well, David can keep up with Grandpa Swede,I must say. When it comes to Christmas. He says he only loves all the decorations, but only if he doesn't have to do the decorating (which he never has, except for two years of his life) and he hung the lights from the eaves of the house. Well anyway,I bet they would both be pretty sad if they did'nt get a present this year huh?...We just all need to remember what CHRISTmas is really about! We all get a bit carried away! I'm GUILTY!
Love you!

Steph said...

That's not fair, like you could pick that couch up and flip it over by yourself. I call foul. He is hilarious.

Jenny said...

I am with you on making forts, that was totally one of my favorite activities as a child, and when I am a mother I plan on making some good forts too! You are a great mom, helping your kids have some great adventures! Thanks for helping me recall some awesome childhood memories with all my bros.

Kristi said...

Good reasons to love Christmas :) That looks like a pretty good fort...but I bet all of the ones you made were just as good or better! :)

Katie said...

Seriously-I bet that your fort had more thought and creativity put into it, as it is slightly difficult to lift a couch. As far as the Christmas thing goes, when it is December and he starts muttering about commercialism and stupid chipmunk song and I don't want to go look at lights etc, remind him of this moment.