Flipping

Eddie has been somersaulting off the diving board for several years. Here he was in 2013:

The problem is that he lands on his back. He doesn't get enough rotation. Back-flops kinda hurt. I know this from when I learned to do a flip. So every year he does a couple of back-flops, decides it hurts, and re-discovers his ability to flip the next summer.

So last night, he realized again that he could do his flip off of the side of the pool. I dragged out my camera and caught him. But then, Billy tried to do it, too, and ended up diving instead.

I got distracted filming Billy's dives. Eddie got up and did a flip (back-flop) off the diving board while I had the camera pointed at the little guy, so I begged Eddie to please do it again.

"Oh, do it again so I can take a video for Nana! If you try, I will do a flip off the board. That'll be a ridiculous sight. Don't you want to see mom make a fool of herself?"


He really wanted to see that, but then the painful memory of landing on his back kicked in and he...well, see for yourself.

 

He tried, so I stuck to my word and did a couple of flips off the board. Whoa. I can still do it!

"Hey Eddie, will you take a video for Nana?"

"Yeah!" He loves this task. He is quite the ham.

Dashing through the snow

on a pair of broken skis

o'er the hills we go

crashing into trees

the snow is really red

I think I'm almost dead

I wake up in the hospital

with only half my head...

 

...she went in! Yaaaayyyy!

I looked at the first video and just rolled my eyes. He's such a kid.

"Come on, Eddie, at least hold the camera still so Nana can see."