Oh. My. God.

[conuly]

Barefoot Traditions

Dive feet first into world culture. From India to Japan, explore traditions and play games that incorporate feet. Draw fancy, Indian-inspired decorations on your feet using henna. Ages 5+

Found that at the Brooklyn Children's Museum. If only Ana were a little older! Alas!

I'm five and up, right? Maybe I could sublet the kid to somebody else...? *sighs*

I'll spare you all my normal rant on how Shoes Are Evil (except in special cases) in order to squee that Ana is finally willing to go barefoot. Only problem? Now she wants to go barefoot in places even *I* consider inappropriate, like at the zoo where the peacocks wander about... And if the ground is too rough, she doesn't want her shoes on, she wants to be carried.

Interesting thing. I remember my sister telling me a long time ago that when a guy lifts up a ballerina* that's only really possible because she holds herself properly - if she didn't, he'd grunt and put her down fast.

Man, is that ever true. If Ana is awake, and holding herself up, she doesn't feel heavy. When she's asleep, I can't put her down fast enough!

*My sister called where that asterisk is. Why? Because my mom had called her telling her to call me to tell me to call my mom. I don't understand my family sometimes.

Comments

[sparkofcreation.livejournal.com]

It's true. I used to swing dance sometimes with a guy who weighed maybe 130 pounds, and his regular partner weighed 165. It's very much in how the woman holds herself, not in the man's strength.

[azuresunglasses.livejournal.com]

I was just about to say that... I'm about 115 lbs, and my partners have ranged from 170 to 130 lbs, and even when I was taller than they were, as long as I held myself properly it was never an issue.
(Swing and salsa here)

And in response to the comment lower down about the dad benchpressing the cousin -- My dad used to do that, and something we called "tom thumb," where we would actually stand on his hand and balance.
Ah, I miss being teeny.

[moggymania.livejournal.com]

It's true about the ballerinas... It takes seemingly forever to learn how to hold yourself that specific way, too. (I don't think I ever managed it, given they gave up and cast me as a male in all of the shows when I was performing.)

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I'm strong-for-a-woman, or at least that's how they always put it, and I've picked people up by surprise before.

(One guy claimed to be 140, but I don't believe it because I picked him up off the floor with my arms extended. Sorry, dude, you must weigh less than that, because I'm not She-Hulk, for godsake.)

[moggymania.livejournal.com]

I think that it has to do with how they do it, and that the guy is supposed to be able to also perform graceful maneuvers in the process. I can carry 40lb bags of kitty litter, but I'm not about to attempt to do an aerobasc at the same time -- or I could, I suppose, but I wouldn't look in the least bit artful! *grin*

[conuly]

Exactly - I mean, it's not so hard to pick people up. Lizziey once picked me up, and I probably outweighed her, and definitely was taller. But then she fell over. That's not very graceful.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Yeah my dad was always able to lift my cousin easier because she was a dancer from the time she was teeny and he'd like bench press her, no, thats not it, but all of us would lay down and he'd lift us like barbells over his head and she was the easiest because she could hold herself straighter or something.

And borrow one of my over five kids, problem solved. :P

[conuly]

Ooh, can I? I'm being serious here, because I reallyreallyreallyreally wanna go to that thing. Really.

(Hm. If you're being serious, you might want to meet me first. Make sure I'm responsible. We have a membership card that apparently gets us into that museum, so it's Free for Me.)

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

How long is it going to be there? We could try to meet up, see how everyone gets along and then take it from there!

[conuly]

Well, it's an event, not an "it's going to be there". Let's see....

Aha! October 1, 3 pm. Plenty of time for us to try the "meetup" concept.

(Ran off to the drums, as Ana woke right as you commented)

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

i understood the call part perfectly. sounds exactly like something your mom would do. ^_^. granted i lived with you guys HOW long? anyway...hi. :) and just so you know. Topher DOES have a pair of sneakers, BUT he doesn't wear them. and hasn't. they are for his photo's. and then they'll only be on for like, two minutes. :)

[conuly]

That's fair. You know that's my pet peeve, right? SOFT SOLED SHOES WHEN HE NEEDS THEM. *nodnodnod*

At least you're someplace warm.

[conuly]

And hi. When am I getting more pictures? When am I getting letters? WHEN? WHEEEEEEN?

[adina77.livejournal.com]

Shoes are evil. Wait till Ana is old enough to understand that :-). But at this age, shoes are good :)

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

If conditions are right, shoes are necessary evils. Otherwise, shoes are flat-out evil.

[adina77.livejournal.com]

agreed :) I presume the person who invented womens shoes was a guy :-p

[sparkofcreation.livejournal.com]

It's true. I used to swing dance sometimes with a guy who weighed maybe 130 pounds, and his regular partner weighed 165. It's very much in how the woman holds herself, not in the man's strength.

[azuresunglasses.livejournal.com]

I was just about to say that... I'm about 115 lbs, and my partners have ranged from 170 to 130 lbs, and even when I was taller than they were, as long as I held myself properly it was never an issue.
(Swing and salsa here)

And in response to the comment lower down about the dad benchpressing the cousin -- My dad used to do that, and something we called "tom thumb," where we would actually stand on his hand and balance.
Ah, I miss being teeny.

[moggymania.livejournal.com]

It's true about the ballerinas... It takes seemingly forever to learn how to hold yourself that specific way, too. (I don't think I ever managed it, given they gave up and cast me as a male in all of the shows when I was performing.)

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I'm strong-for-a-woman, or at least that's how they always put it, and I've picked people up by surprise before.

(One guy claimed to be 140, but I don't believe it because I picked him up off the floor with my arms extended. Sorry, dude, you must weigh less than that, because I'm not She-Hulk, for godsake.)

[moggymania.livejournal.com]

I think that it has to do with how they do it, and that the guy is supposed to be able to also perform graceful maneuvers in the process. I can carry 40lb bags of kitty litter, but I'm not about to attempt to do an aerobasc at the same time -- or I could, I suppose, but I wouldn't look in the least bit artful! *grin*

[conuly]

Exactly - I mean, it's not so hard to pick people up. Lizziey once picked me up, and I probably outweighed her, and definitely was taller. But then she fell over. That's not very graceful.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Yeah my dad was always able to lift my cousin easier because she was a dancer from the time she was teeny and he'd like bench press her, no, thats not it, but all of us would lay down and he'd lift us like barbells over his head and she was the easiest because she could hold herself straighter or something.

And borrow one of my over five kids, problem solved. :P

[conuly]

Ooh, can I? I'm being serious here, because I reallyreallyreallyreally wanna go to that thing. Really.

(Hm. If you're being serious, you might want to meet me first. Make sure I'm responsible. We have a membership card that apparently gets us into that museum, so it's Free for Me.)

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

How long is it going to be there? We could try to meet up, see how everyone gets along and then take it from there!

[conuly]

Well, it's an event, not an "it's going to be there". Let's see....

Aha! October 1, 3 pm. Plenty of time for us to try the "meetup" concept.

(Ran off to the drums, as Ana woke right as you commented)

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

i understood the call part perfectly. sounds exactly like something your mom would do. ^_^. granted i lived with you guys HOW long? anyway...hi. :) and just so you know. Topher DOES have a pair of sneakers, BUT he doesn't wear them. and hasn't. they are for his photo's. and then they'll only be on for like, two minutes. :)

[conuly]

That's fair. You know that's my pet peeve, right? SOFT SOLED SHOES WHEN HE NEEDS THEM. *nodnodnod*

At least you're someplace warm.

[conuly]

And hi. When am I getting more pictures? When am I getting letters? WHEN? WHEEEEEEN?

[adina77.livejournal.com]

Shoes are evil. Wait till Ana is old enough to understand that :-). But at this age, shoes are good :)

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

If conditions are right, shoes are necessary evils. Otherwise, shoes are flat-out evil.

[adina77.livejournal.com]

agreed :) I presume the person who invented womens shoes was a guy :-p