Our Hero Works Out

The other thing that Joe still thinks is pretty cool to do with Julie is work out.  (Clara, not so much.)  He's getting the lingo down as well as the moves.  The other work he informed Clara that it wasn't "doing exercises," it was "working out."  Joe is always a little disappointed when the DVD up in the rotation is the one requiring light hand weights.  Little wonder, Fans: Julie started out doing the workout with three-pound weights and then decided she was going to have to work up to those, so she uses two-pound weights.  That of course leaves the three-pound weights rattling around and Joe insists on using them, even though one of the people in the DVD (Michelle; oh we are on a first name basis with our preferred instructor, Ellen, and all her demonstration ladies, Fans) modifies the workout by not using weights at all.  So it is fair to say that Sleek Sculpt Express is the most difficult workout for Joe which is maybe why last night, he stripped down to his underwear for it.  We hasten to reassure you, Fans, that he does not actually hoist six pounds about for the whole workout.  The hand weights come and go even if, for the most part, he does not.  It's all very charming, Fans.  Especially when he turns to Julie and says things like, "We worked up some good energy, right, Mommy?"  As we say, he's getting the lingo down, and well, we like to talk to Ellen while we're working out.  When she's all, "We're doin' it today, man!", we're all "That's right, Ellen!"  And when she's all "I know the going gets tough, but you can do it!  You're tough!", we bite our tongue because we can't say "Shut up, Ellen," in front our five-year-old, because the going really is tough at that particular point.  Maybe it's less so in Batman underwear.