So my kids have been hanging out with their cousins for the last few days. Jay and Sara got a new trampoline this week and so their backyard has been quite the popular destination. Jim, Clo and the kids are in town for some family time and so there was a bbq, hot dog roast and snore making extravaganza at Jay and Sara's house. It is pretty rough to get over there from right next door. Anyhow, Jay told me that Jack stuck his hands down his shorts and made this amazing discovery. "I forgot to put on my underwear..." he said. Or something along those lines in kind of this surprised expression. I thought maybe he had corrected the problem but apparently he did not. Probably not the best choice on his part as his little jean shorts apparently started rubbing him raw in some spots. His bowl legged walk just got progressively worse over the balance of the evening.
So anyway, there we were in the backyard, I had roasted some marshmallows for Katherine to enjoy and then was asked by Jack to jump on the trampoline. I figured I would give it a whirl and see if I still had any of the magic left in me. Actually I didn't do too bad. Back flips are still fairly easy. The back twist went okay though I over rotated and had to try and make it look good with a worm maneuver as I ended up on my belly. Natty thought it was cool. I went for the gaynor and still had that in the arsenal and then one or two more flips. It was actually a lot of fun. That was one of my favorite things to do growing up. I lived on the the trampoline. I actually have dreams where I feel my coordination has left me and that I struggle to do the things that I use to do. I can feel and know that I don't have what I used to in the tank but I am nowhere near as bad as my dreams make it out to be.
Jack jumped up after I got off and showed me some of his cool tricks. He started out with a rather impressive front flip followed by a big twirl in the air. Pretty fantastic stuff. Jaykob jumped up and showed me a knee front flip in which he over rotated some, lost balance and ended up falling off the tramp. I talked to him afterwards about some of my trampoline crashes - flying off and landing in a bush or flying off and smashing my back into the fence. I think he thought they were funny. Anyhow the trampoline is packed with great memories and good times.
A little later Jack came in from outside where he had been playing on the trampoline with Natty, Tara and Katherine. He announced that he forgot his shoes. I told him to run out and get them. Jack has this amazing ability to come up with some pretty great excuses for not doing certain things. Being asked to go and get his shoes he replied - "I am scared and I don't have any underpants on". I love the random comments. Not having underpants on can be a rather terrifying thing,
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