Hi. This is my friend Ashley. I call her Aish. We used to sing to each other in high school the following song/chant, "Wo-ah, wo-ah, woah, Ashley is my friend" (she'd sing with my name inserted.) over and over.
We were a little weird, but we were totally rocking the weirdness. And we loved it.
Well, she and her 3 and a 1/2 kids + hubber came and stayed in our 1 bedroom apartment with us for approximately 6 days a few weeks ago. It was awesome.
We watched a movie outside (Kung Fu Panda 2. So cute), and her Mother (also visiting in town), requested a "bum drum" for old times sake.
This is a trick we learned in Idaho when we were 15 and 16 at a conference for youth. We thought it was the best thing in the world, so we took it back to Nebraska and continued to show everyone, especially at our young women's camp. Over and over. And this is the only picture I could find of us performing (isn't my sweet little scrapbook just adorable.).![]()
(notice the pointing finger. That is our friend, Tanya)
My husband had never heard of this/I had never remembered to tell him, and as Ashley is like 4 months pregnant, Perris was dubbed my bum drum companion (for life!) that night.
As I taught him I shall teach you:
Step 1: Upside-down partner (usually the smaller of the two. Ashley was always this role) does a wheelbarrow type sprawl on the ground as partner 2 helps lift legs around their waist. Upside-down partner must link their ankles and hold on for dear life.
Step 2: Not pictured, but upside-down partner hurls them self underneath standing partner and puts hands flat in front of buttox (the one directly in front of their face) in a ready stance to begin the dance.
Step 3: You drum each others' bums. I say to Perris at this point, "Ok, now drum!" So he did. Really hard! Look at his hand posture. Excellent hand posture, Per.
Step 4: Standing partner needs to bounce and jig about for effect and entertainment of spectators. I yelled to Perris, "Jump around a little!" Bad idea. He proceeded to jump and jostle my BRAINS out. It hurt! Then he was done and stood up or something that made me lose leg-grip and I fell right on my back and got the wind knocked out of me. But I was laughing with tears in my eyes.
It was good to reminisce. Now go. And drum. (With those you love.)
