Mr Men and Little Miss 4

Because I used to run competitively and dance, people ask me if I will send the twins for dance lessons (more Jordan than Evan) and whether I'd put them into competitive sports. My answer is "only if they want to and can do it". What's the point of forcing the child to point his or her toes if he doesn't know his fingers from his toes? What's the point of putting the child through the rigours of competitive sport if the child is totally spazzed about it?

The twins are both a reflection of my athletic abilities and deficiencies. Evan can run and jump and leap around quite surely and confidently. His father thinks basketball is in the works for him. I have no objection to that. He is however, spazzy in his fine motor abilities. He used to trip and fall a lot, bumping his head as he went along. He can't for the life of him position his fingers to do what he wants them to. If he becomes a Trekkie when he grows up, he's going to have problems with the Vulcan salute. And that's me. I have no problems if you put me on a straight path and told me to run. Ask me to do funny things with my fingers or fold my tongue or raise one eyebrow and my head starts to hurt.

Jordan, on the other hand, ask her to run and she will but she looks like Phoebe in Friends running. She forgets that she has hands to help her and when she sees her brother use his arms quite effectively, she flails them around as she runs, causing her to run zig zag and occasionally, almost on the spot. But give the girl so music and show her movement and she's doing a fine job copying and shaking her booty. She's also great with finger manipulation and her hand-eye coordination puts me to shame.




So if anything, Evan is a cross between Mr Bounce, Mr Strong and Mr Bump and Jordan, well, Jordan is Little Miss Somersault and Little Miss Spazz.

The video doesn't do her dancing justice but it's funny to watch her try and watch Evan working the drums in the back because his feet hurt from all that prancing!

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