My son needs stage combat lessons. Or physics lessons. Or maybe both of those lessons and more. But however we solve it, the problem is that Edward does not know which way to fall down. One of his most recent favorite games is Pillow Fight. We play this by throwing pillows at each other in the bed and then falling down once we get hit. I don’t want to brag, but I am quite good at this game. It could be the money and years I spent at grad school taking stage combat lessons, or perhaps I am just naturally awesome at Pillow Fight, but when I get hit from the right, I fall to the left. It’s not that difficult.
Edward does not know about that sort of thing yet. When he gets hit with the pillow, he falls which ever way he feels like. Often this means flying off in the same direction as the pillow has just come from. It looks ridiculous. No one is ever going to believe that he was just sent sprawling from the force of the pillow attack when he does it that way. Audiences can suspend disbelief, but only so far. Don’t believe me? Watch this video and tell me what you think.
See? That is not a convincing performance at all! We’re going to have to work on this. But, as always, he makes up for it with cuteness, so maybe I will just let it slide. For now. But this kind of performance is not going to cut it when he turns four.