Dance Party!

Burning those Thanksgiving pounds off with a Friday morning dance party. Harry Chapin, John Denver, and Don McLean. Evie and Oliver don’t seem too much worse for the wear, but I am a sweaty beast.

I think we have a new tradition…

John Denver fan

This one goes out to any Habitat for Humanity people from high school who read this blog and also Carl Loesch, should he ever find it:

She really kicks it in during the “I belongs”. Allow me to explain that one.

After Evie spent an entire day singing, “I will make you hurt!” I realized I needed to revise my list of songs I played on the guitar. Since I don’t have anything in my repertoire that is kid related except for maybe Tree Hugger from the Juno soundtrack, I’ve been playing some of the simpler songs I first learned on guitar, hence the John Denver. Evie’s favorites are “mountain mama”, a phrase that she finds endlessly hilarious, and “dawn is breaking, it’s early morn” a.k.a Leaving on a Jet Plane:

(I changed the word “die” to “cry” to make it a little more kid friendly)

She also enjoys “baby song” or “baby riding in the car” a.k.a. Last Kiss, as covered by Pearl Jam.

And just for bonus cuteness, here’s quick one of Evie saying a mouthful of a book title: