climbing the walls

... but in a good way! :-)

This morning the kids had a birthday party. They were so excited to see their friends again as we hadn't been able to get together over the holidays.

The climbing gym was part of the gym where the kids took gymnastics over the summer. It was a whole part of the place we had never explored.

The kids had a great time climbing...

They both even attempted the "big wall". Clara made it to the top (or at least very close to the top) three times...
Alex isn't big on heights so he only attempted it once and didn't make it all that far. (I wasn't even able to get a photo taken before his climb was over.... that's how long it lasted)

A shot of bouncing Clara...
It was a lot of fun and a good energy burner first thing in the morning. We stopped for lunch on the way home and then relaxed once we were home. We're trying to get ourselves prepped for our return to reality tomorrow. In way I wish we had a couple more days of "vacation" since we didn't have much time to ourselves as a family in the past few weeks but in another way, I'm really looking forward to getting back into a regular routine.

Well... I've got to finish getting dinner on the table!