Samersaults

Last Christmas, Jackie and Grandma Barb tried to teach Sam how to do somersaults. I watched with a mixture of fear and amusement as they rolled themselves around Grandma Barb's living room. Sam was not quite two years old at the time and not at all interested in attempting what they were doing.

Well, the other day found Sam in a big, empty living room with Mike and Jackie. I wasn't in the room so I don't know who started it. There was some thumping, and then I heard wild cheers. I walked in to the room to find that Sam had mastered the somersault in about three minutes. He does them very well! He quietly talks to himself as he does it, following Jackie's instructions. "Down, walk walk walk, push!" and then he neatly pushes himself over.

He wanted to see me do one, but I explained that they are like running or jumping - Mom just won't do it. So Jackie and Mike did somersault after somersault right along with Sam. Sam was so happy (and I wouldn't be surprised to hear that they were sore the next day).

Hooray for new ways to burn a two-year-old's unlimited energy!