Epic Indoor Climbing

So...you see this little cutie-patootie right here???

Yup. That one right there (the one who’s looking waaaaay too lovely and old for me to handle). 

Somehow, when I realized she was home this entire week before launching back into school on Monday, I went from enjoying the idea of some time with all three of my babies, to enjoying the idea of some epic time with all three of my babies.

:)

So.

We’ve been having adventures.

And the laundry is piling up higher and threatening to take over the house, and the Christmas decorations are being put away at a stop-and-start snail’s pace, and there are new toys still lingering all over the casa for toesies to step on and trip over...but I could not care less. 

Because I have my trio underfoot, and they are cuh-razy, but they are happy, and it’s heavenly not to care one iota about the clock, because we don’t have to stick to a school schedule—woohoo!

So yesterday, we took full advantage of the no-agenda-ness of the week, and headed out to our original and beloved indoor play place. Somewhere we actually haven’t been in ages because it feels like cheating to take the younger two while Chica is at school, ha.

We were pumped to pull into the parking lot (read: understatement of the century)—until I spotted the FIVE BUSES of preschool kiddos that were there, and I thought about turning around and screeching down the road as fast as my wheels could take me.

But. There was no turning back, so we braved on, and the place was packed with hundreds of kiddos that led to mass chaos and madness and general insanity of a loud decibal.

But it was so dang fun. 

We had the best time we’ve ever had there.

Perhaps because Little Man is now old enough to (try) to keep up with her sisters when they climb into the stratosphere. And Mama was gamely up for the challenge of a cardio workout the likes of which I haven’t seen in ages.

It was exhausting.

And epic.

And just the kind of fun I was hoping for.

And now, here are some happy pics. :)

Oh, but hilariously, before I post the pics, here’s a screen grab of a post from about a year ago, when we’d just finished a visit and I predicted how awesomesauce of an adventure it would be for all of us soon, ha.

I mean, seriously. Did I mention the workout I got???

Now, back to the happy pictures. :)

Yup, that’s me, helping Chica with the monkey bars. Photo credit goes to a random, sweet little boy who offered to take a picture of us. How hilarious is that? Ha.

So...in case you can’t tell by the pictures, we had a blast.

Yay for fun days with my trio!