Very Tricky!

A few days ago my son came home from school with a new trick. Now he has been dabbling in magic for the last year and has some pretty cool tricks, so everyone was quite eager to see this one. He called it the balancing trick. That sounded like something akin to his levitating trick so he had lots of eager volunteers. He got Naomi to assist him the first time. He kind of did it on the sly and showed her the trick without anyone else nearby. I was in the kitchen decorating a birthday cake - I was probably the closest as they were in the living room.

Pretty soon I see Myles walking though the kitchen nonchalantly and then I hear Naomi call, "Mom?! Help!!!" I figured I needed to go find out what she needed and this is what I found...

Yup, there was Naomi balancing a partially filled bucket of water on a broom handle. Left alone in the room, she didn't have much choice but to stay right there while I took the privilege of snapping a photo or two. Of course Myles followed me back into the living room and agreed to rescue his sister from a cold shower.

A few days later, everyone was gathered and Naomi told Myles it was time to show the rest of the family his cool new trick! He obliged quite willingly coming back into the room with the necessary equipment. This time Beth got to hold the broom. Nobody but Naomi and I knew what to expect, so when Myles walked away there were a number of surprised individuals. Of course everyone could see the predicament Beth was now in and they were quite thankful they hadn't volunteered for the privilege of assisting in this particular trick.

Here Myles has just taken down the bucket of water and Beth is quite
happy to be holding the broom normally now - with the threat of a cold
shower removed.

It was pretty funny. The kids later tried it on their Uncle who was pretty wise to the trick - he could see the outcome before the materials were all put into place, but he hasn't seen any of Myles other really cool tricks so he wasn't sufficiently prepared to be 'suckered' into this one!

I have to say, that I am so very thankful for kids that can play practical jokes like this on one another without getting angry. Both Naomi and Beth got a good laugh out of the prank and were eager to share it with others! What a joy it is to have children that love each other that much. Somehow I don't think this will be the last of the balancing trick for a while yet!