A Summer's Worth of Construction

So the boys have been busy constructing all summer and here are their creations...including some very interesting names....

the xt tanker by Jaden

the xt battle warrior

3t Aka

the sub

D-day invasion boat - Higgens

8A tanker

Artemis Ship (based off new computer game)

Drop-off Ship

T1 Drop off ship

T1 boatoff

the Enterprise

Artemis Ship

Pelican and Falcon (left to right)

oil tower and tank

the docks

the destroyer

King Skeleton Warrior

The Battleship (based off ship we saw at Battleship Cove)

rainy days of Spring

have led to lot of lego creations. Here are some of the latest ones...

Portal robot Atlas - Jaden designed it... ( Portal is a puzzle/adventure game Brian plays)

The Train- Ean has been pining for a lego train so Gabe the awesome big brother built him one. Complete with steam engine, coal car, box cars, flat cars and a caboose. Jaden was the dog--so Gabe says he "fetched" the lego pieces Gabe needed for the train, hence a team effort. Ean was thrilled to pieces.

Funny robot guy Gabe created

Battleship by Gabe

Magic Tree House meets the Swiss Family

So the boys have serious tree house- itis. Their desire for one has only increased over the last few years. There is often lots of talk about what Jack and Annie's tree house might really look like...and how neat it would be to have a tree house like the Robinsons ( I can't help but agree it would be sooo rad) Anyway inspired by a friend's outside the box thinking I told them --build your own (on a small model scale) so they did. It took about a week and a half but we had to so much fun. I was the official hot gluer but aside from that I was simply an excited spectator. Here are pictures form their hard work....

The brown yarn is wheat, the red are flowers

the fire pit

What did they use to make this? cardboard, leftover latch hook yarn (thank you Matante!) cardboard tubes (thanks to my dad's dumpster diving) and just some random scraps of stuff I have been collecting. They are very excited about their new tree fort and as you can see the playmobil and lego guys have already moved in....