So, Makayla, our 8 year old watches this cartoon where these three girls are martial arts experts and combine "fire," "earth" and "water" to become super heros....Oh, boy...
Well, Kayla is not really all about fighting, and I had been working with her, as I do with all three of my girls, in self defense, but Kayla really wasn't very interested and eventually I stopped working with her. I don't want to force, you know?
Anyway, our middle daughter, the five year old, Allie, is totally a daddy's girl, and she loves working on her "fighting stance," punches, kicks, blocks, et cetera.
So, the story: The other night we are all hanging out downstairs, just spending some time together, and the girls are playing. All of the sudden Kayla runs over to Allie and goes, "Hey, Allie, let's fight!" She goes into this routine, almost a little kata. As she's doing this hong kong phuey thing she's going, "Earth! Fire! Water! Hi-ya!"
Allie stands there, staring at her, and of the sudden reaches out with her little fist and punches her sister right the frickin' throat! Kayla lurches, coughs, grabs her throat, and drops to her knees. Her eyes are watering and she goes, "Allie! You weren't supposed to hit me!"
I wasn't really laughing (not too hard anyway) until my precious little bundle of a five year old shakes her head in disgust, much like an admonishing adult would, and says, "You just don't know how to fight, Kayla..."
I couldn't help it. I laughed my butt off...
Anyway, I think she really meant to punch Kayla in the face, but ended up catching her in the throat...Oh, boy...
Well, Kayla is not really all about fighting, and I had been working with her, as I do with all three of my girls, in self defense, but Kayla really wasn't very interested and eventually I stopped working with her. I don't want to force, you know?
Anyway, our middle daughter, the five year old, Allie, is totally a daddy's girl, and she loves working on her "fighting stance," punches, kicks, blocks, et cetera.
So, the story: The other night we are all hanging out downstairs, just spending some time together, and the girls are playing. All of the sudden Kayla runs over to Allie and goes, "Hey, Allie, let's fight!" She goes into this routine, almost a little kata. As she's doing this hong kong phuey thing she's going, "Earth! Fire! Water! Hi-ya!"
Allie stands there, staring at her, and of the sudden reaches out with her little fist and punches her sister right the frickin' throat! Kayla lurches, coughs, grabs her throat, and drops to her knees. Her eyes are watering and she goes, "Allie! You weren't supposed to hit me!"
I wasn't really laughing (not too hard anyway) until my precious little bundle of a five year old shakes her head in disgust, much like an admonishing adult would, and says, "You just don't know how to fight, Kayla..."
I couldn't help it. I laughed my butt off...
Anyway, I think she really meant to punch Kayla in the face, but ended up catching her in the throat...Oh, boy...