Tuesday, March 5, 2013

the true confessions of a Hula Hooping Mama




Happy 50th Birthday Hula Hoop Patent  
U.S. Patent Number 3,079,728)! 


Today marks 50 years since the Hula Hoop was patented! 

For this reason, I would like to celebrate by sharing my love for the hula hoop. 

I have been hula hooping adamantly for over two years. If you are reading this wondering if I was one of those hula hoop prodigies, I am going to splurge my confessions here. 

In the beginning, I was the type of girl that would not be caught dead in a hula hoop contest. The thought of being put on the spot, or in the circle if you so please, was horrifying to me. 

Then on one latin immersion weekend, a weekend spent speaking only in latin with college classmates (If you don't believe that my college did this; see video below), I bonded with the Hula Hoop! 




Now if you are wondering how Latin immersion and Hula Hooping have anything in common, let me explain myself: 

While hooping, a great realization dawned upon me; namely, no one really tries to communicate with someone that is swinging a large plastic pipe around their hips. 

Waa Laa, my love for the hula hoop was born out of my inability to respond in Latin. Personally, I loved listening to others talk in Latin, but responding was a bigger challenge. 

Today, I am proud to say that: I am 7 months pregnant and still hooping! 

In the following weeks I am going to adress the good, the bad, and the ugly about hooping throughout my last months pregnant and beyond. 







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