I'm not the biggest fan of rock climbing gyms. In many ways I believe it is a whole other entity apart from actual climbing. One thing I will give them though....they have the capacity to make a person exceedingly strong which translates well to climbing outside. Now that the kids are bigger, Jon has been urging me to take more and more "mommy breaks". Lately I have spent these breaks at the climbing gym. I can only imagine that all my recent field trips to this place was the impetus that urged Eden to want to come with me so badly. All it took was one time and she was hooked. I am blown away by how much fun she has here and how hard she actually tries. It occurs to me that climbing does not come altogether naturally to Eden - especially not climbing in the gym (God knows it does to come naturally to me there either), but I am absolutely astounded to see how hard she tries. By our second trip she was able to get up a 5.7 - which she was no where near getting up on her first trip. She was using her feet and being thoughtful about foot placement. I could go on and on. Obviously it thrills me to see her show interest in this. I know very well that this is likely a fleeting moment/a childish whim. All the more reason for me to soak it all in.
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| Zi on the other hand could never go back and be perfectly happy about it. |
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| Good thing he has no problem making friends. |
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