Our Goofy Air-Conditioned P.E. Class

by Lisa

I just have to confess.  My girls and I were innocently looking for instructional ballroom dancing videos on YouTube when we stumbled across some hip-hop dance videos.  Instructional hip hop dance videos.  I could shake it when I was younger, and it was fun but now that I'm 33ish there's a whole lot more of me to shake.  Who says P.E. is just for kids?  Did you even know they had dance instruction videos on YouTube?  It's quite a fun experience, hanging out with my 14 and 11 year old daughters in this way.   Here are some things we've discovered:

1. Stretch out first, warm up those muscles. 
2. Wear comfortable clothing
3. Make sure you have room to dance.  Your office might not work if that's where your computer is.  We use the laptop in the living room, so we won't be bumping into each other
4. Don't let your kids film it or you'll wake up with nightmares that your denim-jumper-wearing friends  from the co-op found it on YouTube

Comments

[Adrienne]

You know how we love those denim jumpers!

here's a favorite poem:
by C. J. Reno
submitted by Sarah Steimel

Now it may not be new,
Or particularly blue,
But to wear it's a comforting thing.
In its pockets are pens,
And math fact cards (through ten)
And a forty-five inch piece of string.

Its skirt spread strong and wide,
Children flock to my side,
As we sit to do school on the floor.
When the learning is done,
We just jump up and run,
'Cause I'm ready to walk through the door.

It's survived hands-on math,
And the dog's springtime bath,
And tree climbing (with just a small tear).
With a "T" when it's hot,
Turtleneck when it's not,
It's the most comfortable thing that I wear.

At its hem, a small stain,
From that day in the rain,
When we helped Debra rescue her cat.
On a day bright and hot,
Came a slightly green spot,
From the freshly-mown grass where I sat.

There's no need to wear satin,
While studying Latin,
Or silk while you walk through the Zoo.
Keep your French "runway art",
Because I'll never part,
With that jumper of worn denim blue.

[Adrienne]

You know how we love those denim jumpers!

here's a favorite poem:
by C. J. Reno
submitted by Sarah Steimel

Now it may not be new,
Or particularly blue,
But to wear it's a comforting thing.
In its pockets are pens,
And math fact cards (through ten)
And a forty-five inch piece of string.

Its skirt spread strong and wide,
Children flock to my side,
As we sit to do school on the floor.
When the learning is done,
We just jump up and run,
'Cause I'm ready to walk through the door.

It's survived hands-on math,
And the dog's springtime bath,
And tree climbing (with just a small tear).
With a "T" when it's hot,
Turtleneck when it's not,
It's the most comfortable thing that I wear.

At its hem, a small stain,
From that day in the rain,
When we helped Debra rescue her cat.
On a day bright and hot,
Came a slightly green spot,
From the freshly-mown grass where I sat.

There's no need to wear satin,
While studying Latin,
Or silk while you walk through the Zoo.
Keep your French "runway art",
Because I'll never part,
With that jumper of worn denim blue.