Rock On!

This is my actual post for today. :) I spent the day with my godson Alex and my friend Jacqueline and her son John and we had an awesome day.  Alex is 9-years old and John is 8-years old.  We began our day by meeting at IHOP for breakfast. Yummy!  The boys hit it off instantly and got along well for the majority of our time together (minus a little question about the rules for Uno. LOL).

Our plans were to go to "The Edge" rock climbing gym in Halfmoon, but since they didn't open until noon we had some time to kill so off to the toystore we went. What fun! We started at one toystore and the adults had just as much fun as the kids!  We would have spent more time there, but the kids really needed a restroom and they didn't have one for us to use there.  :(  Instead, we stopped at the coffee shop, where Jacqueline and I got ourselves another cup of coffee and then headed off for our next adventure. Guess where we ended up?  In ANOTHER toy store.  This one was much smaller but had some really cool novelty stuff and we bought some Mad Libs to do with the kids! :)

Enjoy the pic of the wonderful "characters" I spent my day with. :)  After our visit to this toy store, we went to the lobby of Clifton Park Center where we did a few MadLibs.  The boys were laughing hysterically! That was the best and reminded me of the days when I used to do Mad Libs as a kid.  And as if this wasn't enough fun for the day, we STILL had our trip to the rock climbing gym!

We got to the gym where they gave Jacqueline and I instructions on belaying so that we could do it for the kids and for each other.  Then we each took our turns at climbing. :)  We took lots of pictures and I will add a few at the end of this post.  We all had a really great time and helped to encourage each other.  Jacqueline and John had to unfortunately leave earlier than Alex and I so the two of us left to have a quick Burger King lunch (boys really get hungry!) before coming back to climb some more!  I mostly belayed (since kids aren't allowed) and Alex did several climbs.  Some of them he attempted but had difficulty.  At times, he wanted to give up quickly and with a little encouragement, he was able to make it farther than his initial attempts. :)  On his last climb, he made it more than half way, but not to the top.  I told him, if he made it to the top, I would get him a cookie.  He tried again, and YES he made it!  It was a fun-filled day with awesome company!

Jacqueline literally "learning the ropes"

Alex and John horsing around

Me making sure that the ropes are safe

New friends :)

Alex at the top

Me climbing

And that's the end of this post. Rock On! :)