Trash Pile Treasures and my Darling Boy

Thanks to my mom I got a new vacuum for Christmas.  I took it out of the box today and the cardboard inside... does anyone else see a castle in the makings here?  I'll update you on our fortress we will be making this afternoon.

We put the kitchen in the basement for a while and up came a train/car table to play with for a while we got from my sister.  Zeke loves looking at it and playing cars.  Even though he can't pull up to this position yet he can hold on and balance when we put him up there.

This is an art project we did using the leftover stuff from popping out the cards of a memory game.  I thought it came out really neat.  So... take another look at your trash.  You just might find something worthwhile.