what CAN'T you do

[CEDmom]

The other day DD asked me to teach her how to skip. After a brief search of the old memory bank (aka my brain) I was able to demonstrate the proper form and technique .

It got me thinking about what else DH and I would be teaching her down the road and I realized I CAN'T snap my fingers . If you look at the big picture it's pretty trival but to the life of a 4 yo it's a big deal. Luckily DH knows how.

So, what CAN'T you do?

 

[flaps]

I forget.


Oh, and I can't whistle.

 

[Rajah]

A cartwheel, or stand on my hands or head.

 

[Tigger9]

Sit in my own lap!!

 

[EsmeraldaX]

snap my fingers, do anything gymnastics related, or whistle!

 

[debster812]

I can't whistle. Well, I can do the super loud, highly obnoxious, oh so ladylike, fingers in the mouth whistle, but not the regular 'whistle a tune' whistle.

DH can, so he taught DS. I'm just pathetic.

 

[minniepumpernickel]

Fix my car. I can do the basics, but thats about it!

 

[monkeyboy]

Speak Chinese

 

[Pongo69]

Jump double dutch

 

[Serena]

I can't whistle.

 

[Squem]

I can't roll my tongue Everyone else in my family can, but oh not me!

 

[onecoolmama]

Pee standing up

 

[stinkerbelle]

can't whistle
can't do a cartwheel

 

[theSurlyMermaid]

I can't whistle well, and I can't do a cartwheel.

However, I am an expert at the classic variation of the cartwheel, referred to in my circles most indelicately as a buttwheel.

Of that I am a master.

 

[PenskeSth1]

COOK! I hate even trying.

 

[momm2four]

I can't hula-hoop. I could do it like crazy when I was young, but for some reason I just can't keep the hoop up anymore.

Lori P.

 

[tc]

I can't walk downstairs w/o looking at my feet. Stephen laughs so hard when he watches me walk downstairs. I am such a spaz.

My mom and my girls can raise one eyebrow, I cannot.

I can't seem to play any sports that has a ball, bat, puck, etc. I am pretty good at things that just require my body (gymnastics, dance, etc.), but add equipment, and I'm hopeless. I am such a spaz!

 

[leahannpen]

I can snap with my right hand, but I've never been able to snap with my left hand.

I can't "roll" my tounge, like to make the purrrr sound or the r sound of .. is it spanish? ( Do you KNOW what the heck I'm talking about? )

 

[southernclass]

I can't eat just one Lays potato chip.

 

[theSurlyMermaid]

Originally posted by momm2four
I can't hula-hoop. I could do it like crazy when I was young, but for some reason I just can't keep the hoop up anymore.

Lori P.

Ohmygosh, me either! I used to be able to keep the hoop up for hours when I was a kid, now it's down in about 4 seconds.

I think it has to do with hips...the less you have, the better hula-hooper you are. The minute the hoop hits the outward curve of my hip it's over.