Flying Trapeze
The boys have discovered the monkey bars this year, and shortly after that the trapeze/rings for the swing-set. (The kids next door have one, and I've had ours in the shed so there could be two swings and Henry's baby swing, but now there's one swing, one baby swing, and the trapeze.)
Luke went at it first, turning himself upside-down with ease and figuring out how to flip by pulling his legs up and then between his arms and turning over. Emmett started out by insisting that the rings were too low for him, but he got over that pretty quickly. I showed him how to flip over like Luke does, and he's been having fun with the rings ever since. Both Luke and Emmett have figured out how to hang by their knees, and it's rare that a kid runs inside crying because he landed on his face. Not to be left out, Henry likes to hang from the rings too, and was delighted when I grabbed his feet and helped him do a flip like his brothers.
Today at lunch, Emmett said, "When I grow up, I'm going to be a trapeze artist!" With a totally straight face!
Luke went at it first, turning himself upside-down with ease and figuring out how to flip by pulling his legs up and then between his arms and turning over. Emmett started out by insisting that the rings were too low for him, but he got over that pretty quickly. I showed him how to flip over like Luke does, and he's been having fun with the rings ever since. Both Luke and Emmett have figured out how to hang by their knees, and it's rare that a kid runs inside crying because he landed on his face. Not to be left out, Henry likes to hang from the rings too, and was delighted when I grabbed his feet and helped him do a flip like his brothers.
Today at lunch, Emmett said, "When I grow up, I'm going to be a trapeze artist!" With a totally straight face!
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