Rolling into a handstand along the wall.
Ellie is quite a little dancer and gymnast. Benny isn't quite a little dancer and gymnast. In fact, he is more like a tank, and not a small one either. Sometimes, instead of shoes or sneakers, he wears tracks. As physical as he may be, he has a vocabulary and mind that often has us shaking our heads in wonder. As an example, he is a big construction engineer in the field of Lego. Yesterday, he shared a secret with me. He said, "Papa, when I get frustrated with my Lego, you can knock it down and help me re-build." Words like 'frustrated' and others are quite common coming from his mouth.
Most of the time Jen and I are subcontractors in the Lego industry—we are allowed to pass pieces to him and build a little which he immediately confiscates and adds to his project. By the way, Benny will only be 5 in a few months. We continue nagging him to knock down at least 3 of his 8 cities so he will have pieces with which to build. He resists fiercely. Once again, I asked him what is he going to do about building since his materials are tied up in the cities. His reply. "I texted Lego for more pieces and they have not arrived yet." His Gaga doesn't even know what 'texted' means.
The formative years of a Lego engineer.
Back to Ellie. She has this rather cruel streak. Often during a visit, she will immediately drop to the 'splits' position. She knows this sends a pain through my inner thighs and tortures my mind. She is behaving a lot like a woman these days—she is 8 years old, after all. She is so supple as mentioned in the opening paragraph. But rather look at the pictures than believe an old man with inflexible legs.
Benny told us he has three grandmothers. "Explain yourself please, Benno". They are Tatti Jenny, Gaga Jenni and of course, Granny Ruth, his maternal Great-grandmother.
Grace, poise and...Ellie reached that position from a rolling somersault.
and we don't know what to make of this interesting display...'poise' might be stretching it, somewhat.
More action...
Cheers,
Jenni and Jeffrey
'Watch this, Gaga. I'll show you how I handle Papa."
