My yard...

With three little boys, and honestly, the girl too, my yard is constantly covered in a city of forts. The forts change regularly, and the building materials vary...

When we cut down a large pine tree last summer, we had a pine "lean to". We also had a log cabin, made from the logs of our old poplar trees, and plywood... scrap wood, pipes, and rocks are often the most used materials.

Currently, the kids have a teepee style hut that they use as a fort...

While I love the creativity, and the fun, I don't enjoy the fights which ensue when the children are told the forts have to be removed, or the dead grass in the yard afterward!