John has recently taught himself how to do headstands.
He does them anywhere, anytime, throughout the day. Many, many per day--and in strange places.
We now have to say rules like, "No headstands during the rosary." But I've given up on having him quit the headstands while I read to him during school time, and the other day I asked, "Hey, let's see if you can do your spelling words orally while you're doing a headstand"--which he did.
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| Mary (4) came running to me with a righteous and dramatic tone: "Mama! John is doing something dangerous! I am not tattling, I am just trying to save your son." |
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| Stepping away during our math lesson to grab a manipulative, I turn back around and John is doing a headstand on my teacher's swiveling chair. |
Get that boy into some gymnastics classes!
ReplyDeleteWe have an all-boy class at our local gymnastics place. The older boys did the class for a year and it was really a good experience.
One bonus was it taught them to fall without getting hurt.
Oh...Emma does this!
ReplyDeleteMiss Mary is SO funny..."I'm trying to save your son." Priceless!!!