Today I showed Chance how to do a somersault. He was balancing on his head, see, with his butt up in the air, watching TV upside down and all he needed was to push off a little for a somersault. I'm actually trying to encourage him to do more fun, physical activities (other than jumping up and down on me and his father) as a great way to burn off and focus his energy. So when I saw him balancing like that I thought, "Great!" and I proceeded to get on the floor and show him how it's done.
(I used to be all about the somersaults and the flips and running along the tops of fences, and even the oh-so-groovy jump, turn, and land on one foot while rolling on my roller skates, you know.)
I did two somersaults for him. One. Two.
Three hours later as I'm sitting with the heating pad across my back it sinks in…
Somersaults are for the young.
– the weirdgirl
An hour ago, my 10 year old asked me if I could bend my leg up and stick my big toe in my ear. For a nanosecond, I considered it, then my thigh seized, as if to say “don’t even think about it…”
Good to know my thigh has my back. And I don’t even want to think how my back would have acted had I tried that move!
Some times being a grown up sucks. We’d like to think we could still do those things, but we always pay the price later.
Are you saying you’re not going to show him cartwheels? To me those were the best. First you’re standing, then you’re doing something incredible, and standing again like “yeah, I did it, no sweat!”
Of course I haven’t tried that in quite a few years. Love those heating pads!
Pretty much all physical activities are for the young.
Going ass over elbows ain’t near as fun as it once was.
My wife and I had a related conversation last night all about how parenting, physically, is for the young. Not emotionally, mind you…
Laughing out loud. Because I’m pretty sure if I tried a somersault right now the result would be the same. And I’ve never been able to do a good cartwheel.
*sigh*
I did a somersault recently as well, while my 7 year old and 3 year old were doing them. I think I tasted bile after I landed.
I so know where you’re coming from.
My 5-year-old son has started Yogabugs at school and he asked me to show him one of mummy’s moves (I haven’t done it 2 years, but it’s like riding a bike right?) No way, I got stuck and had to ask him to straighten me out!
You know what’s worse? The day after the somersault incident I took Chance to his first swim class, where he clung to me like a monkey the entire time. When I woke up the next morning I swear I couldn’t move my arms for a good ten minutes!
I am so fricking old!
Well, Me also wonder why sometimes it happens like that. But thanks for elaborating the situation.