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Kristi Keller πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦'s avatar

The hotel one was the best πŸ‘Œ They totally deserve ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Cori Bren's avatar

I know right? Would have never thought to request such a thing. Humans are not nearly playful enough! We need to lighten up.

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Kristi Keller πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦'s avatar

I remember one time I asked housekeeping to leave me some more little shampoos in my room and I came back to about 20 bottles laid out on my bed in a cute geometric design 😁

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Dr. Lang Charters's avatar

This is SO fun! It made my afternoon to "read" this. Pillow forts are da bomb! This reminds me of how my ex-wife and I used to do Friday night "camp out" nights in the living room with the kids. Good times.

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Cori Bren's avatar

What a fun idea the Friday night camp outs!

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Beth's avatar

Love these Vanessa! My favorite is the request by the not 25 yr old man at the hotelπŸ˜πŸ˜„πŸ˜…πŸ€£

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Cori Bren's avatar

I love that one too

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Jodean Chardonay's avatar

How funny!!! I so remember spending hours making blanket forts. Was always so pleased with the out come. Played until my mom would come and demand I take it down & put it away. Happiest to πŸ˜”.

I now wonder why we were not allowed to leave it up for at least a couple of days.πŸ€”

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Cori Bren's avatar

I know moms and tidying up, right? Now that I’m older I realize we should let magic linger. Maybe that’s why we get to a point where we’re better grandparents than we were parents. 🫠

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Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

Full confession: I built forts out of sofa cushions and blankets ALL THE TIME when I was a kid!πŸ’•

I also used to yarn bomb my bedroom- tie the end of a ball of wool to the doorknob and then string the yarn all over the room. Then undo it. I was a weird kid.😁

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Cori Bren's avatar

Sounds normal to me! Fun actually. ❀️✌️

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DoG's avatar

I forgot all about forts, good times! Thanks for the memories...

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Cori Bren's avatar

I did too until I saw one in someone’s memes then I had to wait for the right moment

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Ronnie Willie's avatar

Kids and grandkids are great excuses to relive this. And pillow fights where I cheat and use a heavy memory foam pillow…

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Cori Bren's avatar

That’s not cheating that’s an β€œexperiential advantage”. Love it!

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Freeq O’Nature's avatar

Pillow forts! Until you use all of them as ammo and have to start again.

Then….pillow fort!

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Cori Bren's avatar

Yes my dad was not into such shenanigans from 6 kids so we built snow forts outside but there were times when we had a fort just a couple of us.

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Freeq O’Nature's avatar

It’s amazing how us kids managed to build a fort with whatever came to hand, wherever we could. And make even the most mundane things come alive: add broomsticks and garbage pail lids and poof! we were medieval knights.

Thanks for the great memories!

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Love these. I want that media room forte.

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Cori Bren's avatar

Me too lol. That’s the one that caught my eye too!

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Dave B's avatar

Thanks for sharing ❀️. Brings back memories of when kids for little…..

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Cori Bren's avatar

Thank you Dave. I’ve got no little ones around my house but great nieces and nephews would def be into this. My current family room is so small the entire room could make one! Lol

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