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Aug. 20th, 2004 11:25 pmWe've been watching bits and pieces of the Olympics. I like watching gymnastics, particularly women's gymnastics, and we watched the women's team finals on Monday or whenever it was, along with some swimming. And Ed watched more gymnastics and swimming, plus the whitewater kayaking, last night while I was at my writers' group.
Molly was fascinated by the women's gymnastics, as soon as it came on on Monday. We don't watch a lot of TV and she usually doesn't pay a whole lot of attention to it when we've got it on for sports, but she sat on the couch, absolutely captivated. "I want to see her turn over again," she said, during the vaulting.
Out of curiosity, I asked her after dinner tonight which sport was her favorite to watch, and she said swimming. Then I asked her which sport she would most like to learn how to do, and she said, "Well, what do you think?" which is what she says when she's not sure how to answer. A while later, as I was washing dishes and she was having her snack, she called, "Come in here, Mama, I have something to tell you." I was in the middle of a conversation with Ed and didn't come in right away, but when I did, she said, "I'd like to learn how to turn over."
I always wanted to learn gymnastics as a kid (I had a friend who could do back handsprings, and I was deeply jealous, it was such a cool trick) but on reflection I wasn't planning to encourage my girls to take it up. Eating disorders seem to run rampant in girls' gymnastics, almost as much as ballet. However, Molly has lately been driving me crazy by trying to do backwards somersaults off the couch (among other tricks) so some sort of controlled outlet for this is probably not a completely terrible idea. I'm toying with the idea of signing her up for one of the preschooler classes with Circus Juventas. (A circus-arts school over in St. Paul: http://www.circusjuventas.com/index.html )
Molly was fascinated by the women's gymnastics, as soon as it came on on Monday. We don't watch a lot of TV and she usually doesn't pay a whole lot of attention to it when we've got it on for sports, but she sat on the couch, absolutely captivated. "I want to see her turn over again," she said, during the vaulting.
Out of curiosity, I asked her after dinner tonight which sport was her favorite to watch, and she said swimming. Then I asked her which sport she would most like to learn how to do, and she said, "Well, what do you think?" which is what she says when she's not sure how to answer. A while later, as I was washing dishes and she was having her snack, she called, "Come in here, Mama, I have something to tell you." I was in the middle of a conversation with Ed and didn't come in right away, but when I did, she said, "I'd like to learn how to turn over."
I always wanted to learn gymnastics as a kid (I had a friend who could do back handsprings, and I was deeply jealous, it was such a cool trick) but on reflection I wasn't planning to encourage my girls to take it up. Eating disorders seem to run rampant in girls' gymnastics, almost as much as ballet. However, Molly has lately been driving me crazy by trying to do backwards somersaults off the couch (among other tricks) so some sort of controlled outlet for this is probably not a completely terrible idea. I'm toying with the idea of signing her up for one of the preschooler classes with Circus Juventas. (A circus-arts school over in St. Paul: http://www.circusjuventas.com/index.html )
