Aerial Adventure

My sister and her son came to visit me and my two children and today we went to Jiminy Peak's new Aerial Adventure Park.  We had a blast and I was so excited because in the past (76lbs ago) I would have been too big for the harnesses and probably wouldn't have attempted to walk on a tight-rope in the tree-tops.  Well today was great, I was faster and steadier than my nephew and two kids!  At one point everyone climbed down a ladder to avoid a really difficult rope tunnel. I knew I had to do it - plus, there was a fun zip line once I got through the tunnel.  I did it and I was really proud of myself and my kids were too!

Later on there was a really tricky vertical spider web for kids. All three kids were having a tough time doing it (falling repeatedly) and I really thought my son would give up (at one point he was practically in tears from frustration). Shame on me I was telling him to go try the rope ladders instead because he was good at them and I didn't want him to end the day feeling defeated after all he had accomplished.  Well, he decided to keep trying (not give up!) and I was so proud of him - they all made it up to the top.


It was a day of trying new things - somewhat scary and unfamiliar things - but this is what life is all about!  I LOVE to do things like this with my kids so they can learn that succeeding takes perseverance, overcoming obstacles/failures and never giving up!  I just kept telling them how proud I was of them for the efforts they made and I could see that the experiences today were life-changing. 
I wish they had allowed cameras on the course but we had to leave all our stuff in a locker at the base.  Thank goodness, because my sister and I go crazy with taking photos of the kids and we would have been calling them in the middle of a traverse to turn around and smile.  I went back later and took this photo of one of the cross-overs we did.