Look, Mom, No Hands!

We bought Charlotte a new pair of soccer shorts over the weekend. (Soccer starts in two weeks.) She was really excited, but when she put them on, they dropped to the floor – she has a very skinny waist.

Determined to keep (and wear) her new shorts, Charlotte quickly came up with a solution.

“But Mom, since I don’t need to use my hands for soccer, I can use them to hold up my shorts!”

 Luke immediately saw the flaw in Charlotte’s plan. “But Charlotte, when you run you need to do this,” and begin running in a circle, with a serious look on his face, swinging his arms in the normal fashion of a runner.

Karen suggested they test out their theories, so they began running the usual race course through the kitchen and dining room, Charlotte holding up her shorts and Luke swinging his arms.

It was quickly determined that the arm swing technique resulted in faster running, hands down (actually, hands up and down).

I hope you enjoyed today’s serving of ‘mac & cheese.’