Jump rope high jinks

A friend of mine came over today and we went outside to play with the girls. Bean grabbed a jump rope (skip rope here in the UK), and my friend and I proceeded to teach Bean how to do it. It was a double rope, so both of us were swinging it as she jumped. She had a hard time figuring it out, so I offered to show her how. I have not jump roped since probably elementary school, so I was not sure I could even do it anymore - but I did! And I only landed on my backside once- which had both girls and my friend cracking up. After seeing me do it, Bean got the hang of it and even jumped 12 times in a row. Gerbie was funny - she wanted to do it so badly, but she would let the rope fall at her feet and then step over it and clap--she was so proud of herself. I wish I had gotten some pictures, but I didn't think of it in time. Daddy got home while we were still out there playing and said he would pay money to see me jumping rope - so after he paid up (okay, he only gave me 20 pence and to be honest, I think me jumping rope at age 38 was worth more money than that), but I did proceed to show him I could still do it. We teased him until he showed us that he could still jump rope also, which had Bean cracking up again. I still have the picture of my husband jump roping in his business suit in my head. I was laughing so hard at all the jump rope high jinks - that I literally had tears running down my face at one point. It is truly moments like this that make me feel so lucky.