Family Tribe Fun!

My wife went out grocery shopping, leaving me with three kids in search of something to do. I tried the "play nice together" speech and went upstairs... lasted about 4 minutes, with the two little guys crying, and my oldest trying to break into his sister's bedroom window...

What to do... I had these cool temporary tatoos of art from a Pacific Northwest Indian tribe. We each picked one, branded ourselves on various body parts - I chose the ankle, having always thought about a real tatoo there, but unable to stomach the pain my friends who'd done it told of. We then pretended we were our own tribe, built a fort, and did some "native" arts and crafts with index cards, Sponge Bob foam stickers and markers. By the time Mom got home, we had accomplished complete demolition of the kid's bedrooms and family room. All in all, mission accomplished.