The other day Sophia and Kelsi were doing "gymnastics" -- their versions of
pushups, sommersaulting, and splits. Sophia began rapidly
side-shuffling through the room and I had the brilliant idea to show her how
to skip.
I found that although I can walk well, this large backside I carry has me
anchored firmly to the ground. To skip, I need a spring in my hop and
folks, it's gone. I darned near fell flat on my face when I
tried to skip on the second foot before the first lifted off the
floor. The girls looked at me with quizzical expressions on their
faces and I mumbled something about not being as agile as I once was.
Sherry (Kelsi's grandmother) was laughing so hard she nearly had to go
home to change underwear.
Then Sophia's eyes lit up and she said, "Grandma, do it this way," and
merrily took off skipping through the living room. Later Dawn said she's
been able to skip for a long, long time. Humph.
