One of the options we were given for housing when we arrived in Deutschland was the standard government owned off post multi-story design house with the spiral child wiping out staircase.

On the face of it, it’s kind of blah, like many of the features in the home.  But like so many things in life–and life itself–it’s what you do with it that matters most.

While enjoying a post-Christmas Christmas party at a friends house I spied this nugget looking up her staircase.

Oh, I was in the stairwell after having just comforted Eva from wiping out on the stairs.  Kids love to walk down the inside of the spiral stairwell, ie, the narrowest part of the stairs.  For kids like ours which don’t live in the govt issued home, wipeout is mandatory once per visit to a home of this fashion.