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Thursday, February 3, 2011
Dance A Lot Robot
There is a 15 min "in betweener show" between shows on Playhouse Disney every morning. A dancing robot teaches a new dance each day to two very excited kids. The robot loves to dance dance dance, hence the name "Dance a Lot Robot". Over the past year, I've watched just about every cartoon that airs between the hours of 6am-10/11am every weekday. I have learned all words to the theme songs of Handy Manny, Mickey Mouse Club, Timmy Time, Special Agent Oso, and Chuggington, and have watched the same episodes at least 10 times or more. When my baby girl has lost interest in those shows of the morning, I am usually able to turn on a Baby Einstein video to grab her interest long enough for me to get cleaned and dressed for the day. Then the rest of my day is pretty much routine, doing my daily mother/wife chores and errands. I'm not complaining, but I do find some days to be pretty monotonous.
After a few rainy afternoons in the house this week and listening to cartoons, Baby Einstein-Mozart, I finally had enough!!. I stopped in the middle of washing dishes to grab my iPod and headphones. With my daughter well in my sights from the kitchen, I jammed those headphones in my ears to drown out Mozart and continued to wash dishes listening to some of my feel good, fast paced, get up and dance type music. As various rap, R&B, rock, and hip hop songs played, I danced right along as I scrubbed, rinsed, and dried dishes. I even got talented doing my own little booty popping dance while drying a skillet. As some of my rap music came on, I found myself lip singing to the words, pulling out all the "club" moves and eventually breaking a sweat. At one point I found my daughter standing at the baby gate that separated her from the kitchen entryway. With a paci in her mouth, her eyes wide, she just stood there looking at me as if to say, "Mommy, what are you doing??!!" Well, as silly as I probably looked, I felt better after dancing away like a sweat machine!! At that moment, I had to laugh thinking of "Dance a Lot Robot". There are days I feel "robotic". I have the same routine every day. I run errands in the day and have activities, but my daily "mommy" chores pretty much stay the same, around the same time. (I wash Charlize's high chair tray after every meal and snack and that chore alone over a week drives me crazy). Dinner is always around 5, bathtime for Charlize by 6, story and bedtime by 7, shower for mommy by 8, then bedtime/quick downtime by 9 sometimes 10pm; Get up and do it all again at 6/6:30 or 7am if Charlize sleeps in.
Dance a lot robot always ends his show by saying, "...until next time keep dance dance dancing!"
I really should dance more often, because it really made me happy this afternoon. I love dancing because it is just natural to me. I may not get my gym time, but more dancing while washing dishes will certainly help me burn calories.
I bet I did look like a looney bouncing around and dancing in my kitchen, while baby Einstein played on TV, and my toddler and cats watching me from the living room.
"DANCETASTIC EVERYONE...Here we GO GO!"
After a few rainy afternoons in the house this week and listening to cartoons, Baby Einstein-Mozart, I finally had enough!!. I stopped in the middle of washing dishes to grab my iPod and headphones. With my daughter well in my sights from the kitchen, I jammed those headphones in my ears to drown out Mozart and continued to wash dishes listening to some of my feel good, fast paced, get up and dance type music. As various rap, R&B, rock, and hip hop songs played, I danced right along as I scrubbed, rinsed, and dried dishes. I even got talented doing my own little booty popping dance while drying a skillet. As some of my rap music came on, I found myself lip singing to the words, pulling out all the "club" moves and eventually breaking a sweat. At one point I found my daughter standing at the baby gate that separated her from the kitchen entryway. With a paci in her mouth, her eyes wide, she just stood there looking at me as if to say, "Mommy, what are you doing??!!" Well, as silly as I probably looked, I felt better after dancing away like a sweat machine!! At that moment, I had to laugh thinking of "Dance a Lot Robot". There are days I feel "robotic". I have the same routine every day. I run errands in the day and have activities, but my daily "mommy" chores pretty much stay the same, around the same time. (I wash Charlize's high chair tray after every meal and snack and that chore alone over a week drives me crazy). Dinner is always around 5, bathtime for Charlize by 6, story and bedtime by 7, shower for mommy by 8, then bedtime/quick downtime by 9 sometimes 10pm; Get up and do it all again at 6/6:30 or 7am if Charlize sleeps in.
Dance a lot robot always ends his show by saying, "...until next time keep dance dance dancing!"
I really should dance more often, because it really made me happy this afternoon. I love dancing because it is just natural to me. I may not get my gym time, but more dancing while washing dishes will certainly help me burn calories.
I bet I did look like a looney bouncing around and dancing in my kitchen, while baby Einstein played on TV, and my toddler and cats watching me from the living room.
"DANCETASTIC EVERYONE...Here we GO GO!"
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