Grit

At early morning dropoff, Chris spent a long time working on his basketball skills, and then turned his attention to the climbing structure. His goal was to move from a straddling position to a standing position on the structure. It was difficult, and he approached the task again and again, eventually figuring it out. Afterwards, he discovered the enjoyment of sliding down a pole, and said, I’m going to do that again! Caroline  wanted to try it too, and they took turns numerous times before Chris once again tackled the task of standing on the structure.

 

 

Later that day, Chris joined Josie and Jamie on the climbing structure, and together they tried different methods of interacting with it and challenging themselves.

 

 

 

Still later, Kesler worked on his basketball skills for some time, eventually joined by Chris, Wesley, Elliot and Jack.

 

 

Meanwhile, Johann had begun exploring the climbing structure. Soon Kesler came over to join him, and they climbed and chatted together.