America’s Funniest Home Video

It took 5 years but we finally have a submission worthy of AFV. Our daughter has now started Kindergarten. Two days a week her class has gym and they have been working on how to Hula Hoop. She has had a Hula Hoop of her own for a few years but she wanted the fancy Hula Hoop that lights up. However, because of the lights in it, it is not balanced all that well and nearly impossible to be able to actually Hula Hoop with it.

She decided that she wanted to show me how she Hula’s. She grabs the Hula, positions it and spins it as hard as she can and wiggles her hips from side to side. The Hula falls to the ground after it loses momentum. She does this a few times and I decide that it is time to get the camcorder.

I get the camera set up and ready and she repeats the same Hula process a few times. I tell her that she needs to move her hips in a circle in order to get the Hula Hoop to stay going around. So she gets those hips moving, swings the Hula and she is doing it – TOO WELL! The Hula Hoop starts “walking” up her body she is doing so well. Next thing you know, bonk, right in the nose, tears, crying and I shut off the camera.

I take a moment to cuddle, sooth, laugh, and get her back into Hula mode. After a few minutes she is ready. I get the camera out and ready to go. She sits on the ground inside the Hula Hoop, she grabs the edge of it to stand up and start again and BONK, right in the nose again, more crying, more consoling and moments later more calm.

Dad is now on his way in the house from work, I get the camera on for the next round and she is on her knees, in the Hula again, grabs it to stand up and BAM right in the forehead…. Now both of us are crying, her from pain/humiliation, me from laughing hysterically. I shut off the camera again, I am trying soooo hard not to laugh but really, I can’t. I am trying to console her, Dad is laughing at me laughing (oh yea, I am 6 months pregnant and my belly jiggles like a bowl full of jelly), she is crying and now refuses to Hula any more.

I explain to Dad what happened and he decides he is going to Hula. So again, I get the camera out and set, Dad gets the Hula, attempts to Hula and fails. My dear daughter wants to see Dad on the video screen but in order to get his whole body in the shot and I am leaning back near the wall. She comes into look and SMACK right into the wall behind me.

At this point I have lost it. I can’t stop laughing; I can barely catch my breath. I feel so bad for her but it is just humorous. And to have it all on film….

The next round of Hula goes to the dog. Trying to get a 90 lb ridgeback to jump through a hoop is interesting but doable. After many attempts at getting him through, he goes. My husband goes to stand up, finally done with the evening festivities of the Hula and BAM! Hula right in the forehead – too bad I had shut the camera off at this point….

Now I just have to find the time to get it onto video and submit. None of us can watch it without laughing hysterically….