123-124/366: Slack!

One of our Christmas presents for the kids was a slackline kit, which they wanted set up pretty much the instant I got home. So I put it up over the weekend, and on consecutive days got these pictures:

The slackline strung between two trees in the back yard. The slackline strung between two trees in the back yard.
SteelyKid's feet bouncing above the slackline. SteelyKid's feet bouncing above the slackline.

(I of course also have a bunch of photos where you can see the kids' entire bodies, but for the umpteenth time, I'm trying not to have this be the Cute Kid Photo of the Day...)

Those two seem like they go together, and that catches us up through Sunday. I will try to get back to regular daily posting; we'll see how that goes...

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