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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Dancing in the Kitchen
"I can't image in anything by music could have brought about this alchemy.
Maybe it's because music is about as physical as it gets:
your essential rhythm is the heartbeat; your essential sound, the breath.
We are walking temples of noise, and when you add pounding hearts to this mix,
it somehow lets us meet in places we couldn't get to in any other way."
-Anne Lamott
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Several years ago, I was at a MOPS retreat--a
little getaway for moms set in a cottage in the country by the lake.
It was late and we were sitting on the couch and talking, when one of
the moms was saying how she was going to make sure all her kids would
know the lyrics to songs of her favorite rock and roll bands. From
there, we were laughing and reminiscing about the music of our
childhood... listening to "Everybody Hurts" while swaying at the sock
hop, stomping our feet to "We Will Rock You," or cuffing our jeans to "Bust a Move."
What about you? Do your children love music and how do they respond to it? Do you dance in your kitchen.... or only when no one is looking? ;)
Dancing Poster by Joy of Ex, found here. For some of our family's fav songs, you can click here or listen to the songs on the pop up player on the right side of the blog===>
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My daughter LOVES music. 90% of the vidoes we have of her since 6 months old are her wiggling in her chair to "free credit report.com commercials", dancing to the wiggles or just making up her own tune. We took her to the Wiggle concert (at 18months) when they came through town and it may have been the cutest thing I have ever seen. She was awestruck! She is now 4 and musical taste has migrated to what we play at home or in the car. She loves New Order and Erasure, which makes Mommy happy and to Daddy's disappointment does not like The Smiths but begs to have The Black Eyed Peas on repeat. :) The very unfortunate news for her is that she is defefintely her parents daughter....voice=tone deaf!
Ha, Ha! Maria, I would agree that when we sing, it definitely falls into the "joyful noise" category! :) I think what was most interesting is that I have had to be intentional about playing music. In my experience, in our culture, it is a lot easy to have the TV on or surf the web, than regularly play music. Having an iHome for our apple products really help... and my kids know how to navigate through an ipod themselves :)
Love this picture of Mia! You can so tell your daughter is pouring her heart and soul into this :) Music brings life to another dimension. Music and dancing is a big thing for our little family. We dance everyday in the kitchen. And the living room. And the bathroom. And the street. There's nothing that makes us feel better than that :)
Wow, what a stunning picture of Mia, she looks so beautiful belting it out! What a capture you got there!
My kids both love to sing, especially Lola - - really loud! I have several videos of her singing "Halo" by Beyonce while driving in the car with the headphones on! Their little voices when they sing are just precious!
My husband loves music especially and it is nearly always playing when he is home. I am more of a classical girl, it calms me amongst the chaos of life with 4 kids. My kids all love to dance and we make up a lot of silly songs too.
aww that post brought back so many memories! Me and my kids used to dance in the kitchen to loud music (the Newsboys are great to do this to!) and it always helped make everyone in a good mood. Great memories. I hope the kids have them too, once they're out of teenagerhood when everything is negative! :)
What a great capture of Mia! :)
Hope you are well, my friend!
She is so cute and I think she's smart and talented. She look so beautiful.
My 9-months-old daughter Sofia began to wiggle when she even couldn't sit up)))I suppose she could feel the music 'cause I always tried to dance folding her in my arms. Now she could hardly sit still when she hears a rousing tune from TV or our laptop.
P.S. I agree- the photo is so amasing!
Wonderful picture of your girl. I have five kids ranging in age from 24 to 7 and each of them has a signature song from me. It is theirs and only theirs and they love it. I think I will post about that soon. Have a blessed day.
Wow, thats amazing and heart warming at the same time. Props to both the teachers and the kids though
Children do respond to music in really very glad manner...I must believe that music has really a deep connection with the beautiful nature as it rhythm touches the heart so softly indeed..!!
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The little girl too sweet with the headphones indeed...Music really makes our hearts full of happiness and pleasure!
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