Wednesday, March 11, 2009

M-i-c...see ya real soon! K-e-y... why? B/c we like you! M-O-U-S-E

So last weekend we hosted our babysitting co-op (4 families and we each take one weekend a month watching each others kids. Free babysitting with all of Sophie's friends = awesome). It was a rip-roaring good time, as it always is with 8 kids 4 & under! Somewhere towards the end of the night, somebody (probably Bryce) thought to put on Mousercise. Sophie loves to do "exercises" with me when I do yoga on the computer. One day I asked if she wanted to do some kid exercises and so we put on Mousercise (thank you, youtube). She asks for it now whenever she remembers. It's pretty hilarious - mostly b/c I remember doing Mousercises to the Mousercise record we had growing up ("Bug-bug-a-bug Bug-a-bug-a-BOO! Bug-bug-a-bug-a-BOO!" Anyone else remember that song??). Prior to this evening Sophie would mostly just watch it, completely amazed that Mickey is able to do side bends and such in that crazy costume - at least, that's what I'm guessing she's thinking.

Anyway, so back to the co-op. So, we put on Mousercises and it was a HIT. The kids all ate it up - even the little ones got into here and there. Funniest of all, for me, was seeing Sophie follow all the moves PERFECTLY. She did everything they did. Including sit-ups, stretches, and all the other mouse-y moves. I was dying watching it all - so awesome!!! I have to admit that it made this aerobics-loving mom quite proud. Took some videos which I'll have to put up soon. In the meantime, here are some pics of the cute little kiddies -- and Bryce, too. :) It was a great way to get out some of the energy... which we then replaced by giving everyone cupcakes in honor of Jeff's birthday.

Getting warmed up...
The girls do push-ups while Andrew stretches his abs
Everybody dance now!Surfin' USA!
love this one.
the whole crew - happy bday, Jeff!

And in case you're in the mood... you can work out with your kids, here. You will love it - the leotards, the leg warmers, the hair... prepare to transport back in time. :)

5 comments:

Catherine and Derrick said...

That is great. The hair on those children in the video is great. I can't beleive how big Travis is. Hope you guys are doing well.

MaryM said...

Mousercize is great, but the best part of this post is that you all share in the babysitting so that everyone can get a chance to go out! And the kids left behind are having a blast, too!

Melissa M said...

Totally remember Mousercize:) I know it's still floating around my dad's house (on vinyl if you can believe it :) I'll have to dig it out and send you a pic :) Thanks for the link... Leia will take a while to get there, but nephew Noah may fall in love with it.

Jen Lee said...

Hilarious!!!! What a fun idea!

Fowler family said...

Oh my goodness! James and I were crying, we were laughing so hard. What a funny video!