Obstacle Course--Keeping the Kids Busy

One beautiful evening in October, Joel was gone and the kids were getting punchy, so we set up an obstacle course in the backyard.  We played and ran on that thing for quite some time.  The kids got their energy out and as I recall, they all had a great night's sleep!  That sounds like a win-win to me.

William didn't seem too frustrated that he wasn't as fast or as agile as his older siblings, but he is almost ready to give them some pretty tough competition.

Everett really got into it, but that is no surprise--he is fully vested in any sort of competition.

Ashley loved it as well.  She just loves moving her body around.  

She especially loves moving like a cat.  Here she is traveling the course like a speeding feline.

She even convinced everyone to have a go at it, cat style, but I think that even though her brothers agreed, they all figured they would do it their own way anyway.

I think we'll do this again (at least, that is what I told myself on that day, but here we are almost three months later and we have yet to set up another obstacle course).  

But I really mean it this time--we will have to do this again!