The last few days have been crazy busy. A new FAO family arrived in town with 4 kids around the ages of ours and we’ve been having fun showing them around town and getting to know them. I’ve been feeling like we just moved here ourselves, but I realized that’s because I’ve also been busy unpacking and organizing the stuff that came from Egypt. Tomorrow we turn in all the things we’ve been borrowing from the embassy so I’m trying to track down all those items. Somehow we are down two dinner plates. How does that happen? I haven’t even counted the spoons yet. Those always seem to disappear.

As a break to get out of the house, we took the boys to an indoor play place today. Lots of slides, climbing walls, tunnels, rope ladders and gym mats so they could run, climb, play and be active. The best part was that all the equipment was grown-up friendly too.

We met several friends there and had the place to ourselves.

Camille had fun too. I have to admit though, I have no idea whose shoes she’s playing with. I didn’t even think about it until I tonight when was looking through these pictures. Mother of the Year, for sure.


This slide does not look steep from this angle, but it really was a straight drop down. My favorite slide was a steep fast drop, right into a ball pit. You’d be flying so fast that you’d get buried in the balls at the bottom.

And unlike a McDonald’s playland, this place was clean — no worries of finding anything gross in the ball pit.

I’d say she liked it, wouldn’t you?

I shouldn’t even share this video, because it doesn’t begin to capture the actual fall involved in going down this slide, but it’s proof that I did it, so here it is. It is a vertical drop at the top and you just have to push off and hope you don’t hurt yourself. Carter wouldn’t go on it and Caleb wasn’t old enough to do it, so that should gain me some points in the daredevil category. They make everyone wear long sleeves to play because they don’t want anyone getting friction burns.

We were flying so fast down this thing that I thought we were going to slam into the wall at the end. Thankfully they have burlap pads at the base so you slow down pretty quickly. Caleb is already talking about going back there for his birthday next month. It would be a great place for a party.