Five on Friday 3 Just Dance

This week, we're totally missing our wii.  This truly was a lengthy cardio workout because we dance for a long time. Now I have to actually get on the treadmill, which I don't do.  So really, my exercise has suffered.  And really, I could probably submit a receipt for our new receiver with our medical savings account, right?! Because without a new receiver with working inputs for the wii, I can't exactly exercise. And that's definitely medical. (I know sarcasm is hard to properly convey in type, but that was pretty thick.)

There are some songs that we have all danced enough times that we don't need the wii to do them. This weeks songs are some of our favorites, but without the game, they might not normally be my go-to songs. It's really hard to choose just 5, so these are not really in any particular order.

1. Rasputin by Boney M:  This is the song that led to research on our older children's parts and costume envy for the younger ones. It's also the song I cheat on because I don't put my hands on the floor. That Russian dancing is hard enough. I told my kids that they're shorter so they can do that move easier. Maybe eventually I'll get down there.

2. Girlfriend by Avril Lavine: Though I posted the "clean edit" version, the wii version is actually cleaner.  haha.  We can totally dance this one anytime, anywhere.

3. It's Raining Men by The Weather Girls: I just can't listen to this song now without all the moves included.  It's funny that the first time I heard this song it was sung by a man. I think it was The Birdcage. Can anyone confirm that??

4. Jump In The Line by Harry Belafonte: Who could resist dancing to Harry Belafonte??  No one! That's right, that's why it's on this game! I got to teach my kids the simple box step so that they could do the moves right. They'll thank me later.

5. Katti Kalandal - Bollywood: This one might be my favorite. It was the first one where I took the high score from my daughter, despite my perfect moves on the other songs.  Even better, because I couldn't find it on playlist, I went to YouTube.  I could just play along from there!

Come on, you need to get up and dance, don't you?! If you want to see the full list of songs, click here to check it out on Amazon.

And if you want to listen to what other people are hearing today, click over to Trav's Thoughts for Five on Friday links.

Pencil Full of Lead

How Cute Is This Nifty Song?!

I love that my Facebook friends post cute songs for me to love! (Thanks, Jessica)

A Nutty Confession

Christmas at our house was lots of fun. We stayed home, so we didn't get to spend the day with LOTS of family, but we did get to talk to them. Lots of chats on the phone helps the distance seem less. I even got to talk to Blake, who called at about 5:30pm, which means 2:30am his time.

Of we got games for Christmas, because we love playing games together as a family. We do a "name rotation," so my sister, Mylie and her family sent some really fun games to each of our kids. We got through a whole game of Bunko, played some Mad Libs (which is always so fun with all our different kids' ages), and a fun game from Sibyl, called Quibbler. It's a sort of Rummy game, but with letter and you get to spell words in short rounds. I played I Spy with Aidan while we all built words.

We live in warm Texas, so we even got to play outside without bundling up in layers and layers and boots and scarves.

Aimee and Allie got "Just Dance" games for wii. Just Dance 2 and Just Dance Kids were blasting in our house on Christmas day as well.

So, between talking to each other, talking to family on the phone, games and dancing, we ate a yummy Christmas late-morning breakfast of brown sugar ham, eggs, toast, milk, and juice.

Here's the embarrassing confession. We didn't have friends or other family coming over, so we didn't have a rush to get dinner ready. When dinner "time" came, we weren't really hungry. And, as it's usually a fight to get our younger ones to sit still and eat, I thought the best solution was a simple one. We had some wonderful Texas pecans on in the kitchen, which seemed to be calling to us. We decided lightly sweetened Pecan-Oatmeal was the dinner of choice.

Lame? Yes. Yummy? Absolutely. And our dinner was peaceful and filled with good conversation.

We actually had grilled Rib-Eye with sauteed mushrooms the following day and a delicious Orange-Teriyaki Pork Tenderloin the next day. But, our Christmas day dinner was Oatmeal. We didn't actually have a big problem with it until Alex got back to school and had to write his Spanish essay about his Chirstmas vacation, including foods, traditions, gifts, and travels. I don't think he did the Pecan Oatmeal justice. Just sayin'....

:)

Tribute To My Get Up and Dance Show

Some of the songs on my playlist got there because of "So You Think You Can Dance." Either I heard them for the first time on there, or I heard it again and loved it all over again. Since I am having SYTYCD withdrawl, I thought now would be a good time to revisit some of my favorite dances.

I heard this song on the radio and LOVED it. Then, it was on "So You Think You Can Dance" and it totally reaffirmed my love. Bonus that it was two of my favorite dancers.

Mercy by Duffy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ibGAaVhNkM



Already a fan of cutie David Archeletta from American Idol, his version of Imagine was just new and cool. When it was used on this amazing dance, I had to add it to the playlist, in addition to the original.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcIOB6rul7k


The Garden by Mirah was one that came from "So You Think You Can Dance" The dance was so cool and I found myself instantly in love with the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9KRTpoHyI0


There's just something I love about this song. Again, seeing a performance sealed the deal.

Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZG6iqK05Hg