Built a treehouse with my boys this weekend
Nothing fancy, just some pallets, 2x4s, and a rope ladder. Cost maybe 80 bucks total. Spent Saturday and Sunday up there with them, talking about nothing important, eating sandwiches, just being together. They keep wanting to go out there. Best weekend in a long time. This is what it's all about.
That's the kind of dad win that matters. Your boys are gonna talk about that treehouse for years. Simple and done together beats expensive and done for them every time.