After a lunch of pizza at our house, Andrea and I decided to take the kids to Going Bonkers! for a couple of hours of fun. Both Laura and Kathryn were off to climb, play, and slide the minute they got their shoes off. On the other hand, John was still a little freaked out about climbing all the way up to the top and going down the “big slides.” I asked him if he wanted me to go with him down the slides. He was leery, but said he would if I took him, so up we climbed! On the way to the top, he was actually hurting my hand because he was squeezing so tightly. John was scared when we got to the top, but he sat down next to me and we slid down the first big slide. He was laughing by the time we got to the bottom of it and wanted to go again. As we headed to the next slide, he was much more confident about climbing around so high off the ground. He loved the second slide as much as the first. At the bottom of the second slide, we ran into Laura and Kathryn who asked John to join them on their climbing adventures. He turned to me and said, “I’m going with them, Mommy. You go back down.” Once back on the ground, I texted Andy to tell him that John had finally conquered this fear. He was just as excited as I was. Another check off of John’s list!
