This has been a crazy week here, but only for me. The kids are having a great time during their first week of break.  Monday was officially the beginning of their winter holiday. No more “school” until January.

With all that unstructured time, this week the kids have rediscovered the game of chess, playing games everywhere, including attempting a game in the car. (well, that only lasted until I turned the corner and the game pieces when flying… a lesson in why we wear a seat belt).

The tubes of watercolors have also come out and my art wall is now fresh with all new pictures.

But most importantly, my yard has been speckled with forts.  All the yard chairs are clustered and over-turned with linens draped over them. I had to finally put my foot down and say no more blankets, only sheets.  It’s such a pain to wash all those blankets, but sheets are much more manageable.

So for hours for the last few days, the kids have built forts, negotiated new territory, combined forts, moved forts, and just plain hung out in them.  Josh (9) even fell asleep out in his a couple times.

Can’t wait to see what they come up with next.