Wednesday, July 25, 2012

A Star Is Born/ Shake Your Buddha

Mariella loves to sing.  She sings in the car, in the house, and pretty much anywhere in public.  Lately she has really been picking up the lyrics on her songs.  We play CD's in the car and in her playroom which have tons of great kids songs.  She calls them "my music" and any other sound that has the audacity to leak from the car speakers is adamantly struck down and declared "not music."

One day, we were strolling around the grocery store, one of her most favorite concert venues.  She was singing "Shake Your Booty" by KC and the Sunshine Band.  Now, to be clear this is not a song from her kiddie CD's.  This song she picked up during the era of "Dance Swords."  What is Dance Swords you ask?  Ok, we'll back up a little bit.

About a year ago, we took Mariella to the Halloween store, just for fun.  They had a decent kids section so we had a look at some costume options.  We found foam swords in a bin, right next to a speaker that was playing some dance music.  Daddy picked up a sword and started dancing around and jabbing us with the sword.  Mariella thought this was just the greatest thing and "Dance Swords" was born.  We bought three swords, skipped the costume, and went right home.  Chris put an LED light bulb in the light fixture in the living room that blinked in 20 different colors and even came with a remote control.  He had gotten it for her for Christmas the year before just to stimulate and interest her.  With that, our living room disco was created and Dance Swords commenced.  We put on KC & the Sunshine Band and danced around with our swords.  Best time of our lives.

Months later, we're in the grocery store and Mariella is loudly singing "Shake Your Booty"  only she is pronouncing it "Shake your Buddha!"  I kept requesting that she sing it quietly but she didn't feel the need.  Just then, a fat old lady in a motorized cart came by and stopped near our cart.  Mariella leaned over in the basket, nodded at the woman and said "Hey, hey.  Shake your Buddha."  The woman just looked at us like our heads fell off.  "I leaned toward Mariella and whispered, "Mariella, not everyone likes to shake their Buddha."

The other day, we were walking in the park and Mariella was yell-singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" but only the Weee Ummum Oway part.  Over and over.  Again, I asked her to sing quietly to which she replied, "No I not.  I sing loud.  People wanna hear me."

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