T-Ball Player Cartwheeling to 1st Base Is All of Us Going into the Weekend

This little girl cartwheeling into first base at her T-ball game is an instant icon

Y’all, we made it to the end of another week. It’s Friday, the weather is starting to turn nice in a lot of places, and it’s time to head into the weekend. Just be sure to do it with all the flair of a 6-year-old girl at her T-ball game who has the perfect way of celebrating when she gets a hit.

Proud(ish) dad Sal DiGirolamo shared this video of his daughter, Mattea, who is the instant star of her T-ball league (and our hearts) because after she hits the ball off the tee, she literally cartwheels to first base.

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We can’t even decide what part of this video is the best.

It could be the fact that Mattea’s cartwheel is perfectly executed. It’s smooth and flawless. No notes.

Or it could be the way that all the boys on the opposing team scramble for the ball in a literal pile-up while Mattea smoothly cartwheels past them to claim her base. If that isn’t a metaphor for the patriarchy, we don’t know what is.

Or it could be how Mattea’s dad, who is filming this now-iconic moment, can be heard on the video saying a proud-slash-exasperated, “Again?” when his daughter pulls off the rotation. This clearly isn’t Mattea’s first at-bat cartwheel.

And so, on this springtime Friday, embrace your weekend with all the panache of this 6-year-old T-ball queen. Cartwheel to happy hour tonight. Cartwheel to the park or beach tomorrow. Cartwheel to every happy thing you have planned for the foreseeable future—but metaphorical cartwheels, of course. Lord knows our backs can’t handle real ones anymore.