I'll give them creative.

My sweet neighbor has lots of ivy that loves my fence. Since I love my neighbor, I trim it back on my side just enough to get the mower through without walking into spider webs (they love the ivy). It's quite a big job and I didn't have enough time to finish trimming the length of the fence, so I left the pile cut of vines to bag when I finished the next day.

Here, let me show you what it looked like:




Then, I cut it:



And put it in a pile to bag the next day:



Now, you would think with four kids, I might think twice before leaving large bunches of cut greenery just lying around. Especially the type that could, um, I don't know, take root and spread easily and aggressively.

But really, who am I to stand in the way of creative minds. Ashlynn does love plants and making things pretty. And then there's Ryder. A boy needs to be able to tie knots and attach things to other things....right?

Homey, isn't it?

Really not sure what this was. He did have his spiderman costume on, so, I have no idea...


Must give props to the detail:



Some sort of weaving going on here. Maybe we're headed for a thatched roof. For that matter, maybe my children were born in the wrong century...



Gage and Addie spent their time dragging vines back and forth across the lawn. Maybe next year I'll be mowing ivy too.