Makeshift Mattress Slide

The key to successful living is to make the best of what you've got. Sure. You can sit around lamenting about what you don't have. Or you can take what you do have and turn it into something greater. For instance, we turned a simple mattress and a couch into a makeshift mattress slide slash water bottle racing ramp.

I think that's one of the beauties of being a child--you just make life into what you want it to be. You don't have to be a celebrity or have tons of money. All you need is some resourcefulness, imagination, and it never hurts to have parents who love you and are patient enough to let you make a little bit of a mess.