I’m just saying…
And don’t you fret, I would never say such things to her face.
To her I say “oooooh! you look soooo beautiful”.
to which she says “yes”.
And the ensuing conversation is a whole other can of worms.
“Harper when people say you are pretty you say thank you! Let’s practice…You look so pretty”
“YES!”
“No, thank you!”
“NO THANK YOU”
“No…say thank you”
“YOU ARE WELCOME”
i give up.
Anyway, back to the original story.
Let’s put it this way, we have a history of awkwardness in this family.
I am so so clumsy.
I once fell down when I was just standing in the middle of the room. There was nothing around me. I simply fell down.
Jimmy saw it, you can ask him… true story.
I once knocked a tray out of the hands of a stunned waitress who was carrying about 30 drinks. I knocked it out of her hand b/c I was gesturing wildly. Classy.
I once fell down the stairs on Chi Omega acceptance day.
That’s right, fell right down the stairs in front of the entire chapter.
I’m pretty sure that at that point they were doubting their decision.
So, needless to say, I was slightly concerned about Harper as a ballerina.
How do I say this delicately…
She is not long and lean like a gazelle.
She is sturdy like a tank.
Today in class when she was supposed to
“leap across the room like a delicate butterfly”,
she
“jumped and galloped across the room like a buffalo”
all the while yelling
“JUMPY JUMPY JUMPY JUMPY”
the other little girls looked baffled.
I know this because i was the only mother in the classroom.
She cried every time I tried to leave.
So I stayed. Because I couldn’t bear to take her out of there
in front of all of those little girls and their mothers.
This town is one of those towns where everyone knows each other.
All the little girls and their mommies were friends.
Except us,
And it broke my heart to see her sitting at the end of the line crying,
so i stayed.
I will stay a couple more times, and then hopefully she will let me sneak out.
Anyway, back to the galloping.
It was not graceful, or ethereal.
She’s just like her mommy that way.
She fell so many times I lost count.
HEEEE!!
Here are the pictures I took before class.
Please note the odd facial expressions and um….interesting??? poses.
I sent these to Jimmy and his response was “what the hell are those
faces she is making??” i laughed out loud.
I’ll let you decide for yourself if my title is true.
Love to you all!!
xo
p.s. i have no illusions that these are “great” photos. i was simply trying to take them before she made the dang “MEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH” face.