<I>So You Think You Can Dance</I>
Lucas watched part of last night’s finale episode of So You Think You Can Dance with us. You might say he was inspired. He jumped and wiggled and spun and flung and crunched and tweaked his body in every possible direction, up and down on the floor, and talked about how he’s been in dancing contests before … in England. Frankly, I was thrilled to see him devoutly shakin’ his groove thang instead of playing kung-fu karate ninja-turtle boxer fighter kid, which is his latest quasi-obsession.
We have already told him that when we decide he is old enough, he will be allowed to study a martial art, but also told him that he also must learn how to dance, for each discipline informs the other. So far, he’s buying it.
He really enjoyed the dance lessons he did when he was 3 years old. But I’m not sure enrolling him in dance now would fly. As my mother is fond of saying, “There is no creature on earth more chauvinistic than a 6-year-old boy.” I honestly don’t know if she is right. I’ve never had a 6-year-old boy before.
August 18, 2007 at 10:27 am
Chauvinist? I don’t know. I do know that I adore Lucas’ view of the world right now; it is there to serve him, it’s there to entertain him, and things are true if he says they are. He can adopt any habit, kill any ninja, bounce off the pavement and fall into bed at the end of the day.
I guess to someone else this would just be the silly self-centeredness of a child, but to me, it speaks of his ultimate trust in the whole system — so much so that all the care you as parents take with him is all knitted into his view, unseen. He’s just out there, trying everything, getting on with it. I think that’s magic, and he’ll always have this view in his memory.
Dancing. Definitely more dancing. 😉
August 18, 2007 at 11:00 am
Lucas the dancing ninja – It’s fitting. Having raised a 6 year old boy I would definitely say no on the chauvinistic front. Brutally honest yes, but then all six year olds are. Basically – he rocks…… as does the whole Wilson clan.
*muah*