Jumprope

FINALLY - Last week Blondie's therapist had her jumping rope, and my mom was able to catch this video.



This week she did even better! So, what's the big deal? A 7 year old should be jumping rope. Well this 7 year old couldn't really use her left hand, but she is STARTING TO MOVE HER THUMB. Did you hear that? MOVING HER THUMB. So she can now hold onto the handle of the jumprope, long enough to jump. Last week she was kind of throwing it over her head and then skip/jumping over it. It would fall out about every 3 jumps. Today, she went the length of the therapy office WITHOUT DROPPING THE ROPE ( about 12 jumps). Of those 12 jumps she managed to actually coordinate the whole "hold/swing over the head/jump it without stopping" thing about 5 times. She was really getting the hang of it.... so the next time you see a video of jumping rope she will look EVEN BETTER - or maybe we'll save it for the talent show in Baltimore this summer.....hmmmmmm.....