I guess Maggie missed something in her growing up years between the house we lost and now, the Moby and turning 15.  I guess, that yeah, from 10 to 15 are prime fort building times.   But we were just not in the right place to build a fort.  So for her birthday last week… she asked for a fort.

More like a bird blind, hideout, place to read, get-away from us, kinda place.   A place of her own.  So, she’s getting to build a fort with her Dad.  I think it’s pretty cool.

They rented the hourly truck from Lowes, since the Lumi was dead and gone to the shop.  Poor Lumi… she should be back by Wednesday if all goes well.

And loaded it up with some 2 x 4s and sheets of plywood and some other goodies.

Almost smushed some of the pumpkin babies in their volcano mounds!   Yikes!  Watch out!  We need some little flags or something to mark the gardens all over!

Here’s the official before shot of the shed.

They will be extending the roof on the side and building a little 6 x 8 foot addition to the side of the shed.   I figure that eventually when she gets tired of her little space, in a few years, I can use it to store like seasonal things in totes or bikes or whatever… so it’s a good thing.  And the concret pad that the shed sits on, is extended on the side, so it’s actually perfect.   LIke it was meant to be.

They got pretty far in just one day.   Dad helped Maggie learn the finer arts of drilling and cutting and measuring twice and all that stuff.   Maggie is pretty handy with power tools of late… she’s getting pretty good at building stuff.

They are going to shingle it and add walls and little peep holes, etc.   Maggie wants to be able to sit in there quietly and lure birds in for more closer photography.  I’m sure we will be seeing some really nice pictures sooner than later from her.

They should be getting a lot more done during the week…  they went with their Dad back to his crib for a couple days and will come back on Wednesday to do more to the fort… it’s looking pretty cool….