Great intentions have to start somewhere, right? Knowing that I have five plus hours to entertain my children till bedtime, I made plans to bake cookies and had thoughts of *attempting* some yoga poses. It’s usually when things get really crazy that I suggest “let’s do a yoga pose”. And, my thoughts on the yoga poses are the relaxing ones such as the one below called Legs Up the Wall Pose (Viparita Karani) or Happy Baby Pose or Savasana or anything related to relaxing would be appropriate with my kids!
My oldest had other thoughts on which pose to do. And I quote, “Let’s do whole body on the wall pose” and proceeded to jump/climb to the top of the window sill. Pause.
Incredibly graceful that he is, he got all the way up on his first try. I was so shocked my mouth was hanging open. Another long pause. OMG. Sometimes as a mother, I am thinking, holy crap, how does he come up with ideas such as this and get away with it? Should I be saying, gee, I don’t want grubby feet and hands on my window sill and window? Or, what is going to happen if you fall? And, then there are times, when I just let it flow. Times like today, I just laughed hysterically.
“Go get shorts on quick!” And, he ran back in this outfit.
Exhibit A:
Bike race t-shirt in size LARGE worn the wrong way.
Exhibit B:
Exhibit C:
Arrival on top of the window sill.
Yes, my house is a gymnasium.
9 responses so far ↓
1 Jenny Flake // May 8, 2009 at 4:20 am
What a great post! You’ve got me cracking up over here. My boys do the same wacky things, little rascals they are!
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2 Shannon // May 8, 2009 at 10:39 am
Very Cute!
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3 Toni // May 8, 2009 at 12:29 pm
So funny! You obviously have your hands full!
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4 Nadia // May 8, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Ha ha! Too funny. Kids will be kids
. Love his tshirt outfit, very inventive!
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5 mamalikeyou // May 8, 2009 at 3:18 pm
I love boys. (I love girls too, but I don’t have any). I love the different energy that they bring into the house. They stretch me to get out of my “girlness” and do things I would never think of doing on my own.
And this is TOTALLY something mine would do too!
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6 Black Knight // May 9, 2009 at 9:45 am
Great exhibition in a perfect and elegant suit.
Very nice post and funny pics.
7 Jen // May 10, 2009 at 10:51 pm
He’s adorable- I swear I did not teach him that in yoga- must be a kid thing. I wish we played the way kids did- how much more fun would his version of the pose be!
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8 Fitarella // May 11, 2009 at 10:57 am
sooo cute! He’s got the right idea, some days I wanna climb up on the window sill too!
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