Thursday, April 09, 2009

Dancers and heffalumps...

Do these pictures make anyone else feel like a big old clumsy old heffalump?



How do they do that?? I know that they're dancers, but still.


The other day we were in the park and I overheard the following conversation happening between a man and his two small children who were sitting on a bench outside the museum;

Small boy (aged about 3 waving his arm around as if a trunk): Phroarhhhh, I'm a heffalump! I'm a heffalump! You're a heffalump

Grumpy Father: We're not heffalumps.

Small girl (aged about 5 and terribly terribly serious); But daddy, mummy really is a heavy lump because she's sooooo big.


I laughed. And then pretended I was coughing as Grumpy Father glared at me. People without a sense of humour should not be allowed to have children.


Photos of Naomi from Rockstar Diaries and her equally elegant dancer friend taken by Candice Stringham.


23 comments:

  1. *hilarious* Alas, I have been the object of a kid's brutal honesty. Poor mum. Hee for you though ;)

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  2. Those photos are gorgeous - and yes, I feel like a clumsy heffalump in comparison. But now I'm off in search of more of those beautiful pictures...

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  3. People without senses of humor rarely survive having children. With luck, the children do OK anyway.

    You are NOT remotely heffalumpish.

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  4. I can't get over how it really looks like Naomi actually is flying. Not jumping, flying. I love her.

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  5. That was a very funny conversation...my grandma was actually like that in her later years. But her word was "zoptic", I truly don't know why.

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  6. Honestly, if I ever said something like that to my child, I would pray that they would respond "well, you may not be, but I am, so there". Just to put me in my place. I hate when parents condescend with the word "we".

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  7. It's delightfully mary poppinsesque.

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  8. That's hilarious. And I wholeheartedly agree - how could you have kids and NOT have a sense of humour? It sounds so sad.

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  9. These are great photos! Little kids are so funny :)

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  10. Lolz.. how great it is to be a kid with an imagination. Too bad the dad lack one though.

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  11. that was cute! I'm sure he was laughing inside, as I am laughing out loud.

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  12. agreed. i thought it was a requirement to have a sense of humor if you planned to have children as kids tend to say the most hilarious things.

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  13. I am giggling just reading the little girl's comment, I can only imagine what I'd do if I were THERE...
    The photographs are gorgeous!

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  14. Love! If I could come back as something else it would be a dancer. so beautiful.

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  15. makes me feel like Godzilla in Tokyo. Run villagers, run!

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  16. i love that story. so funny.

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  17. that is a GREAT little story! i love when you stumble into overhearing little conversations like that. children really are the best.

    and those photos are simply fantastic.

    have a lovely weekend!

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  18. I agree!~
    Let's put all the grumpy people on their own island. :)
    I'd have laughed too. Such an innocent remark by the little girl!

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  19. What lovely littles! I should like to move to your land and nanny them.

    Also, I now plan to do more umbrella dancing on bridges.

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  20. this is awesome!!




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  21. wait, can't EVERYBODY leap so effortlessly and gracefully through the air? hmmm...

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  23. agreed. what's the point of having a frown on your face all the time. turn that frown upside down!!

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play nice.