Babby Talk #58
Bum roll, please.
This past weekend, I stepped into uncharted parenting territory: the rhythmic gymnastics competition. Four hours of leotards, sparkles, and competitors tossing balls in the air and catching them with various body parts — including, memorably, their butts.
My daughter looks just like me, but she seems to have inherited none of my deep-rooted introversion. She performed her individual routine in front of 400 people without blinking. She didn’t win, and I didn’t fully understand the rules, but she took it all in stride. I am feeling simultaneously very proud of her and nervous to have to actually learn the rules and be responsible for knowing what all is happening out there.
Originally, I wanted to hold off on learning the names of the moves because I was sure they would be extremely good and I hoped to just hear them used organically, but I couldn’t help myself. So the butt move is called a bum roll, which is perfect and hilarious, and now I know for sure I will be delighted to learn each and every one. 🥁
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6 things at least somewhat related to life with kids:
Read: A strong list from
of essential summer reading for the 10 and under set.Watch: The Pee-wee documentary is here and the trailer already made us cry.
Try: An all-purpose, all natural balm for babies and their grownups to add moisture as needed.
Do: If you have a child with so, so much energy, why not give them a hammer and let them smash flowers until they're tired and the bonus is that you get some cool artwork?
Shop: Wee embroidered chore coats for little ones. As good a time as any to introduce the concept of a CHORE. As in, "shopping for my kids is not a chore but getting them to get themselves dressed everyday is."
Watch: The soft landscape of the human body a la Louise Bourgeois.
Something were not allowed to have and are still processing obviously:
🌈 Fact check! Something a child told us this week: Unborn chicks use a temporary feature called an egg tooth to peck their way out of the egg.
Over the garden paywall: What do personalized pencils, granita, and Bauhaus architecture have in common? Nothing, except we’re thinking about all of them right now.