Or I should say, "Jack loves mambo."
We went to see the
BYU Ballroom Dance Company perform an exhibition last night at our Stake Center. I thought Jack would like the music but I had no idea how much he would love the dancing. After each performance he would clap and say, "Again!?!"
By far his favorite dance was the mambo. The music really got to him and his hips were shaking, his feet tapping and he tried to copy the moves of the dancers. I have not laughed that hard in a long time. He was so excited by the dancing. He even did a repeat performance when I had him show Daddy what the dancers did, as Ryan was not able to go with us. (If you see him, ask him what the dancers did. I promise you will not be disappointed.)
I must note that we were sitting in the second row behind our friends and by the time the mambo started, Jack had climbed through the folding chair of his little friend Samantha and pretty much pushed her out of the way for a better view. He then stood in front of the front row, with his Barney doll, and proceeded to shake his tail feathers. Our friends were very good sports and kept him from running on to the dance floor no matter how eager he was to join the dancers. Thank you to Kelly and Chris and
Wende and Kurt who helped corral my children.
During an introduction to one of the dances, it was very quiet and and Jack yelled, "More Dancing" and "More Singing." (Singing is his term for any music.) Glad this was a free performance. (Trust me, I would not have taken him to a paid performance but I thought this was a great way to expose him to dance in a somewhat informal performance)
One of my favorite dances was a dance set to an instrumental adaptation of
If You Could Hie to Kolob. Not one of my favorite hymns so I thought I would not like it but the choreography was captivating and the music was beautiful. Jack loved the lifts in this performance and kept saying "Look, airplane in the sky." when the girls were lifted into the air. Click on the above link to see parts of this dance.
I only saw the
BYU Ballroom Dancers perform once while I was at
BYU and that was with "Engaged Dave who held my hand." (But that is a post for another day. Maybe my friend Kathleen remembers this story) So my experience watching them this time was much more fun. Anyone who brings pure joy to my little boy, is alright in my book.
We'll see how long these stay in her hair. But aren't they cute. Well, it's actually the little girl that is so cute but the cute hair is fun too.
Magnolias in Highland Park were in bloom two weeks ago. We love to smell them!
Jack got a new backhoe and bulldozer for his birthday. They are true to life with stabilizers and moving boom an d buckets and blades. He loves them and uses them to move sand, dirt, cereal, blocks or whatever else he can think of to move around. He is much more willing to help clean up if I ask Jack to be a crane or an excavator and load the toys in their baskets. 
Addy enjoying the warm weather with walking in the grass.
She loves the lamby chair. Can you tell?
Jack seems to be saying, "Trust me, Addy. She'll keep putting the bunny ears on until we take a picture. "
