That is how I pulled a muscle in my tongue. At Grandma and Grandpa's hanging upside-down reading Trixie Belden and eating cherries. I was probably 7. That really hurt!

Who DIDN'T used to do that? :)

So this is what my daughter will be doing in a few years?

When I was in elementary school, the library where my mother worked had several really comfortable upholstered diamond chairs http://www.20cdesign.com/seatingpages/DiamondChairs.htm
scattered here and there. Since I was a bookworm and a pretty well-behaved kid, there were days that she just brought me to work with her and instructed me to just read quietly, and my favorite thing to do was to drape myself across one of those chairs sort of diagonally upside down. Those were great times.

I don't remember specifically reading while being upside down but I remember hanging like that for hours. Also standing on my head against the wall. Thinking I was WAY cool.

Kids are so cool aren't they?

Maybe grownups should hang upside down more often.

Totally adorable Boy. And READING! Now, that fills my heart with joy.

Love the picture. Now that is total relaxation and probably a good way to stretch all those muscles compressed by gravity. Beneficial ergonomics.