We have one of those open style kitchens which means when I do bother to cook, I can watch Vivian and William body slam each other into couches and walls in the adjacent living room.
Sometimes, however, my kids are not so violent. They like to do yoga. With their Gumby spines, they make up poses, from Dead Frog to One-Leg-in-the-Sky.
A few days ago, while I was concentrating on not adding the tip of my index finger to the salad, they brought their transient yoga practice into the kitchen. They were doing Turtle and Hare Pose near the fridge. Inches away, I had just opened the oven, which had steamed my glasses, and I was trying to place the mystery-meat-from-a-box in to cook without burning my fingers, all of which were remarkably intact.
Worried that Vivian and William might push me or themselves into the oven, I said this:
Thing One and Thing Two froze for a moment, no doubt trying to process what I just said.
I too was doing some of my own processing. “I meant to say kitchen. You can’t do yoga in the kitchen.”
By this point, William and Vivian were giggling. And my mix-up had given them an idea for a reenactment. They opened the fridge door and were attempting Standing Up Corpse Pose amidst bottles of ketchup and soy sauce.
The Christmas Crazies have begun.
Namaste, my friends.
I have been waiting for Whiteboard Wednesday since Saturday! We were at my Noah’s soccer game (he made the play-offs) and my cousin and his wife came to watch it, along with their two young girls. When cheering on Trevor for being the always awesome player that he is, Sierra who is 4-1/2 asked Noah, “Is Trevor a good teamer?” Gotta love the mouths of babes.
A good teamer…a WW classic!
Weird thing said in our family this week: Daughter, asked what she wants for Christmas, replied: “A giant plush doughnut cushion.” OK then! Let Santa hop onto that request. Katy Perry, I blame YOU!
Santa likely wants one too…
I love the Christmas crazies. But what you say is true: the fridge is no place for doing yoga. Although technically since you live in Canada your entire country is kind of like a fridge so might yoga be outlawed nationally? I think the government is going too far with talk like that, and we shouldn’t stand for it.
ROFL at that one. You’re right, we shouldn’t stand for that. I’m going to start a FB group.
Lol… ok I have been waiting for this. Here it goes. My kids like to snack on weenies. They each got one at night. Then I heard Sienna yell at me, “Mom Ryan is rubbing his weenie on me.”
I then yelled back, “Ryan stop rubbing your weenie on Sienna.”
And then I fell down laughing.
Yes the Christmas Crazies have begun.
Hilarious…you have to save that one. And when they’re teenagers and don’t want to walk beside you in the mall, threaten to share that story with their friends.
Yoga in any standard kitchen appliance is risky, although I bet little kids can do some crazy poses with that freakish flexibility they possess.
While hunting last week, Slim (6YO) said, “Dad, is that your Salvation Army Knife?”
“Do you mean Swiss Army Knife?”
Yeah, that’s what he meant.
I love it. And those lovely bell ringers outside supermarkets are collecting for pocket knives.
We’ve lived in this mid-size city for 8 years and we still are surprised how much high school sports are covered by the local news. Guess we’ve previously lived mostly in big cities (Montreal, Toronto, outside NYC). where high school sports just aren’t big enough news. I lived in Kingston for 4 years but never watched the local news – don’t think anyone owned a TV even.
The sports coverage that really amazes us is high school wrestling. As I watched it last night I thought of your young two. Maybe you have a budding TV star and you just don’t know it. Anyway if you want them to branch away from body-slamming and get into proper wrestling … here’s a clip for them to watch. 🙂
http://www.nbc11news.com/sports/headlines/Warrior_Classic_Standings__Day_1_112109729.html
That is some excessive coverage! I’m not sure I could stand hanging out in a gym watching that all day…then again, I do watch it in my own home!
But it probably woudln’t be a good idea to do yoga in the fridge either…not that I know for sure, but I’m taking a wild guess here.