Don't Just Sit There... ROCK!

Yesterday, Marin and I walked to the library to attend a one man singing and dancing program called, "Don't Just Sit There... ROCK!" I am not sure who had more fun: Marin, who sang and danced her heart out; or me, who had the pleasure of watching her enjoy herself so much.

This man travels around singing songs to little children of all ages, and performs this show about reading books, having fun, being kind, sharing, etc. All of his songs have dance moves to go with them, and there were parts for the parents to participate in as well. Basically, something for everyone to make a fool of themselves. Complete fun in my book, and apparently Marin's too; she had an absolute BALL. She acted like she went to these shows and sang these songs every day. If she could be this guy's groupy, she would.

The highlight by far was when he asked for volunteers from the audience. A whole bunch of six year olds and Marin, ran up there. When he made a comment about how she was ready to rock, and everyone giggled, Marin turned around to face the crowd, beamed and cracked up. It was as if she was saying, "I know, I'm completely social AND adorable." (Which by the way, she is- not that I'm at all biased.) When she proceeded to show off her dance moves in front of the whole room of about 75, and in line with the big kids, a few moms turned around, caught my eye and asked me, "Is she yours?!" I was proud to claim her.

For a few songs, all of the children got to use an instrument from a huge box that he brought and let the children choose from. Marin was too little to nudge her way through the crowd, and came up empty handed, but she wasn't bothered by this a tiny bit. She was just as happy to use my keys, which was my impromptu idea for her "instrument". For the last number, everyone did the hula hoop. Marin has never used one before, but she waited patiently for her turn, and then stepped in the hula hoop and ran around the room dancing with it.

We had so much fun, and Marin was so well behaved, that we walked to get ice cream afterward. Marin gobbled it right up and said, "ice cream". That's my girl! We tried a new place this time, and they had all natural frozen dog treats at the ice cream shop too, so we decided to bring Norah home a summer treat!

SUCH a great afternoon!!!

Here is a video of the first song. You can see it takes Marin about 17 seconds to get into the show. She was hooked from there. (Adult Warning: This song is really catchy!)