If you ask Cameron to show you his favorite pose, he slithers into cobra, takes a deep breath, and exhales with a lingering hiss. But tonight, he's my pet lava lizard, affectionately named Lava. Cameron asks me to tie his yoga mat to his back, and to take him to his first yoga class (as a lizard). Jackson is not his little brother lava lizard. For this game, he's just my baby, who is in his brother's way. Sorry Jackson.

As we enter the "studio," I become the yoga teacher. Cameron asks if Jackson can play in another room because he's messing up his mat. Ah, but this is a class about focusing in extreme conditions. Cameron likes this idea but only for a minute. So he decides to take matters into his own paws and relocates Jackson himself. Class resumes. Lava introduces himself and tells an elaborate story of how he actually has small volcanos on his back. They are his defense mechanism and will only activate them if he feels threatened. We will do our best to avoid an eruption.

We begin with child's pose followed by Downward Dog. Jackson returns and giggles, as he crawls towards his new tunnel, which is just his size. He stops directly beneath Lava, who says he can’t hold this pose forever and bounces up and down while flapping his little arms. I run to get the camera. Jackson is now trying to pull himself up using Lava for balance. I aim and focus. Both boys have toppled over and are laughing with delight. Another missed photo-op.

Cameron says that lizards make excellent triangles. Great, we'll do the triangle pose. Lava has suddenly morphed into Lightning, a lizard who can do postures, quick as lightening. Boom! He's a triangle! Okay, I guess proper alignment comes later.

I help Jackson stand on his wobbly legs and ask him if he wants to be a triangle, too. He begins to flop his head to the right, his body follows and for a brief second, he's a baby triangle!

Yoga class has apparently ended, and Cameron is a boy again, kicking his soccer ball around the house.