I love that Daniel is so into Mary Poppins. We have watched it as a family countless time on the weekends over the past couple months. On a nearly daily basis he begs for it by saying, "Poppy! Poppy!" Of course, we can't watch it on a daily basis, but it is the perfect remedy for those super cranky times when the afternoon nap runs a bit too long.
His favorite is "Step in Time" and he yells something along the lines of "Dee dup! Dee dup!" while jogging, squatting and slapping his knees, and sometimes turning in circles. He clearly yells "Time!" If we are watching other dances or just listening to music, I can say, "Step in time, Daniel! Step in time!" and he will start doing his little jig.
He never seems embarrassed about dancing by himself, although he does prefer us up dancing with him. However, on the end of the video, he gets camera shy! The whole time he was dancing, he didn't look at me, but when he saw the camera, he ran away. Joe and I are both pretty camera shy... more so with video than pictures. When I showed him the video later, Daniel seemed a little puzzled by it, but started yelling "Dee dup!" and "Time!"
It is appropriate that Daniel dances something of an Irish jig so well, but doesn't really groove to hip hop beats. Joe and I are not known for our dancing skills (although my rocking horse rendition has been requested on several occasions) and my hips insist on staying staying squarely in line with my shoulders at all times, so Irish dancing works for us.
when he starts riverdancing, you HAVE to get that on film.
ReplyDeleteHow cute! Micah loves more chill music (Feist, Sigur Ros), while I tend to prefer stuff like Black Eyed Peas. When I put mine on and try to get him to dance, he just looks at me like I'm crazy. When I put his style on he dances away!
ReplyDeleteWait. Are you sure he's not my kid? I guess I won't really start to wonder until he also performs elaborate musical numbers in addition to his already stellar dancing. Well done, mom. Way to raise a kid up right.
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