Walking on the Ceiling

We recently watched “Alice in Wonderland”, the new one with Johnny Dep.  My foster daughter woke up the next morning saying, “wouldn’t it be cool if we could walk on the ceiling?”  Suddenly I remembered a game I used to play when I was a little girl.  “We can!” I said with a sparkle in my eye.  She looked at me in disbelief as I left the living room and headed to my bedroom.

I emerged with a small hand mirror placed just under my nose, the glass pointed toward the ceiling.  I peered down into the mirror and exclaimed, “I am walking on the ceiling!”  She looked at me like I was some kind of a nut, until I handed the mirror to her and told her to put it under her nose and look down into the mirror and try walking around the house.  Instead looking down and seeing the floor you look down and see the ceiling, with the light fixtures beneath your feet and the ceiling fans poking up in your way.

When you walk from room to room, you have to step over the doorframes; walking on the stairs can be really interesting.  If you really want to walk on the wild side, venture out of the backdoor and prepare to step on a cloud when you venture off the ceiling of the back porch.

My kids spent the next few hours walking around on the ceiling and exploring the house from a whole new perspective.  It was a great way to pass the time on a steamy summer; no electrical devices or batteries required.