Working on His Autograph!!

Yesterday, we went to the Esco. Street Fair.....rain and all. I usually don't take the kids but I didn't have much of a choice this time; I'm glad they came! We stopped at a booth for a company that does yoga and hula-hoop workouts. Of course the kids stopped and played. Gavin & Carly were silly, but Shane, ya he was serious! He is really good & the hoop doesn't drop until he wants to stop. So, I already knew he was good at it but these aren't your cheepo hula-hoops, they were huge and heavy....professional. They shook their hips for at least 10min or more. I was trying to urge Shane to stop so we could keep strolling the fair, but he had one more trick up his sleeve! He took 3 of the biggest hoops and spun simultaneously!

Apparently this caught the eye of the newspaper photographer. He jumped the median and asked me if Shane was part of the yoga company or if he was just having fun. He was definitely having FUN! So the photographer jotted down a little of Shane's info and here he is in the local news paper (North County Times) this morning. Shane hasn't seen it yet, but I'm sure he'll be just as excited.

Shane Elkins, 7, twirls three hula hoops simutaneously at a booth that sells them, Dang Good Yoga, on Sunday during the Escondido Downtown Street Faire. (Photo by Bill Wechter - Staff Photographer)

I'm sure this will not be his first time in the spotlight....not necessarily for hula-hooping, but hey we all get our break somewhere :) This one is going in the "baby" book for sure!




(click on the title or "North County Times" to view article & pic)