Noel dragging Pai to the top of the Tower!

Now that we've almost completed the first full year of school, we've realized that there is a rotation of three or four locations for class birthday parties.  Luckily for this weekend, the boys were invited to another event at the Flight Museum, a favorite for both the boys and their parents.

Normally, we wouldn't post new pics for such a routine event, but we saw some new behavior from Noelly Canoli that was worth a post . . .

In addition to the normal Flight History and Southwest Airlines exhibits, there is also a large play area for kids that includes a multi-level "flight tower" that reaches 20-25 feet in the air.  Normally, we'd see Ethan tear after an opportunity like this, but Noelly decided to stake his claim to the best athlete title for this particular day, dragging Pai up the tower with him for extra security.  Here's a quick photo series:

First up, an adorable "before" shot with Noelly flashing some dimples:

Next up, Noelly screaming for Pai after making it to the first level on his own:

If you look closely to the upper right-hand corner, you can now see that Pai has entered (sandwiched himself in??) the tower . . . Noelly's little legs are at the top and that's Ethan in his lap . . . Ethan ultimately abandoned the climb, having achieved it in an earlier trip.



Almost at the top!  You can really get a perspective of how how this tower is in this pic, which really shows just how impressive the boys' respective climbs were.   Poor Pai is pretty sweaty by this point . . .

 



Great shot (if you look closely) of Noelly in the top of the tower . . . SUCCESS!!!!!!

And a final shot of the trip back down with Pai having a good chuckle at the level of ridiculous he's willing to achieve for the wishes of his children.  Impressive feat from Noelly, equally impressive parenting from Pai!