“I signed up for the talent show.”
“Oh, that’s great. Are you going to play the piano?”
“No.”
“What are you going to do?”
“I’m going to give basketball tips.”
“Uhhhh…..”
“And maybe demonstrate some dribbling skills.”
“Are you sure you don’t want to play the piano?”
“Mom, I’m way better at basketball than I am at piano.”
“Are you sure this is a good idea? I mean, I think talent shows are usually people performing something like a song or dance or magic trick.”
“Mom, Mrs. Kimble said it was okay. She said last year a kid was really good at soccer and so he showed everyone how he could kick the ball and stuff.”
“I just think that you have some really great songs on the piano, and the basketball stuff is kind of…..”
“Mom, I already signed up to do ‘basketball tips’. I can’t change it.”
“Oh, I bet we could change it.”
“I want to give basketball tips.”
“What exactly are you going to say?”
“First I’m going to explain the 6 different types of fouls, then I’ll talk about the right way to shoot. Maybe I’ll demonstrate that. The right way to shoot has a name, it’s called, ‘hand in the cookie jar’. Then after that, I might show a little dribbling, and then……..”
Gulp.
Now I know how my mom felt the first time I did my hair by myself in second grade.
