The Chinese Acrobats at Ravinia

Some people have flexible bones. That's what it is. How can you otherwise explain those acrobats' tricks. Try to put your chin down on the ground, reach over with your feet and touch the top of your head. That's what they do, those acrobats.

I took the kids tonight to the Chinese Acrobats at Ravinia. Their first Ravinia experience, and it was spectacular. (oh, how missed P, too bad he couldn't make it!!) I watched as much as possible those two little girls with huge eyes, laughing, clapping, jumping on their seats in total excitement. I told them how me and daddy came to Ravinia for concerts, had a nice picnic with friends and listened to music. Miss F. asked if there was also a guy standing on one hand on six chairs. No, we had just music. Ohhh... How am I ever going to bring them to one of the classical music concerts, their expectations is more of visual spectacle. At 9.15 pm, on Skokie Highway driving home, Miss F. said she can do a trick herself. Totally proud of herself, she crossed her legs like a fakir and put her nose against her shoes.I guess I will see a lot of strange acrobatics from the girls in the coming days.

Just a short recount of the day: last night's storm faded away for just a while. In the morning, we saw a piece of the sun. Then the rain started again. We were planning to meet Fauzia and her kids at the park, but instead they came over and brought some bagels. Yam! She came with Kareem who ended up playing with Miss. F. and Ameena who re-discovered her old friend Miss A. After they left, we had dinner for lunch - it was most logical thing to do since we were having PBJ's for dinner! Then we went to Chiro and then to the girls' last swimming lessons at our gym. Miss A. and her friend Tristan were amazing. They were probably showing off to the new teacher who will take over from our Tom. Tom is leaving LifeTime. He is the one who thought both Miss A and Tristan how to swim, so we will miss him! Anyway, the two, just like it was no deal, started swimming doggy style and half way turning on their back. No problem. The proud smiles and the laughter... Two weeks ago, I remember seeing a little girl crying in the pool, saying she didn't want to swim. She did remind me to Miss A., but probably it was another girl! Since it was Miss A.'s last lesson with Tristan, I let them play together in the pool. This means that I didn't have the chance to sit closer to Miss F. Well, I know she does quite well, and I can still see her from distance. However, she had a short lesson. A storm was approaching. Everybody had to leave the pool. I didn't mind it a lot. We still had to go to Ravinia. We had dinner (PBJ's) in the car and just after the rain stopped, arrived to the Ravinia parking lot. Then we are back to the acrobats... What a day!