Saturday, October 02, 2010

Austin's Tree-Fort


This was our project today!  We woke up this morning and I told Brian that our tree just had to be trimmed TODAY!  It's been a huge eye-sore all summer and every time I back out of the garage, the branches hit the top of it.  We went and rented a chainsaw from our local hardware store and chopped away.  When Brian's arms got too sore/tired I took over with a manual saw.  When it was all said and done, this is what we were left with. Austin saw it as an opportunity to climb!  We ran back to the hardware store and bought a box of nails.  With the wood that we had laying around he was able to build a ladder on the side of the tree to reach the stumps.  He climbed up there on several occasions today and sat there.  He even built a little platform!  Kezzie stood by and watched him build the whole thing (when she wasn't napping).  There was only one occasion he sent her inside because 'she was being annoying'!

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