THINGS TO DO: Build with Sticks

Have I mentioned how much I love creativity that is totally FREE? Have I mentioned how much I love when I trigger a positive behavior in my kids just by living?

Today Tildy and I erected a stick tepee for the peas and beans to grow up. I was a bit disappointed with the size. Due to the lack of branches in the yard we were a little confined as to materials, but we managed.

Marek came home and saw our masterpiece. "You used my special stick!" I was not aware that sticks were "special." Perhaps I should have asked first?

An hour later I track down Marek and Oscar in the backyard, and they are building with sticks. I love that! So what is this creation that is barely visible in the photo? Apparently some kind of storefront from my understanding.

Directions on how to build with sticks: Is this necessary? Interconnect those sticks and stick them in the ground any way you can so they don't topple. When I was little, I did this in the fall. I would create a tepee-like frame in a hut shape. Then I would bury the hut with leaves which created cozy walls in which to hide.