Spelunking

Lately Birdy has been way in to tent making. She loves to take all of the sheets out of the linen closet and create huge tents which fill up her bed room. Today I thought it might be fun to take it a step further. I went out to the garage and pulled out several cardboard boxes. We set them up in the living room with chairs and other pieces of furniture and then draped blankets and sheets over all the joints where box and furniture met to make our own little living room cave to explore.
Our adventure required some special equipment. A flash light to start with, because it gets very dark in these caves.

 Some crayons so we could create our own cave art. And a camera to capture all the fun.

Bug was a little nervous at first but once he saw his sister crawl in, he decided he could brave the cave too. It was a little difficult to navigate some of these tight places. Corners were the worst! Bug and Birdy had a much easier time of it than Mommy. Our card board caves stayed up all afternoon and we played many many games with them. Bug loved to chase Mommy around through the caves, while Birdy tried to shut Bug and Mommy up IN the caves. This evening the caves are tucked away back in the garage, but we had such a fun afternoon on our adventure, I just can't stand to throw them out. I have a feeling we will be dragging them out again real soon.