Just Dance Party

Remember our summer list? I told you all kinds of things we were planning to do with our summer. We have managed to cross quite a few items off the list, but not all. Yesterday, we decided it was time to finish one more. The Dog Walker was so excited to have a wii Just Dance party with the family. I’m pretty sure that’s because he knew that he could beat the rest of us with his eyes closed. (And he did…)

So the plan was that as soon as everyone got home, the party would begin. The Dog Walker was the last one scheduled to arrive after Marching Band Rehearsal at 8:00 pm. By 8:05 the kids were bouncing off the walls they were so excited. At 8:10, the Drama Queen shooed them all upstairs. When the Dog Walker finally burst through the door at 8:25, the little ones paraded down the stairs one at a time. Apparently, our dance party had morphed into a costume party, complete with prizes donated by the Drama Queen.

We decided to play 3 songs each, write down the scores, and the highest total points on the 3 songs would be declared the winner. The first group consisted of Sport, wearing his football uniform, complete with helmet, cleats and even his cup! Princess, Prima Donna, and Scout were all wearing dance costumes from various recitals, and Crafty had on a mini-skirt, knee-high striped socks, and a brown curly wig. Curly wore an apron, oh, and there were feathers (everywhere!) and pom-poms in various colors. My sweetie and I abstained from the costume portion of the party, as did the Dog Walker since he was pulled in to play the minute he got home.

The Dog Walker's Rasputin Jump

The first round was rather uneventful…everybody played, even Baby Doll held a remote and managed to score 31 points. During the second round, the Dog Walker got so excited with his score that he promptly cleared the screen before the Drama Queen could record the rest of the scores. I immediately awarded 10,000 points to every other player and then my sweetie one-upped me by giving them all 11,000 instead so that they all beat the Dog Walker during that round. (He didn’t make that mistake again.)

But the third and final round was by far the most exciting. My sweetie was dancing with the Dog Walker and the Drama Queen. I’m pretty sure that Scout was also part of that group. You all remember the stories about his stubborn britches? Well, at one point during the Rasputin song, my sweetie went up and his shorts went down. We narrowly missed capturing it on film. Doesn’t that sound vaguely familiar? We thought about giving him a prize for technical difficulties and the best costume…but Sport and Crafty shared that one instead. The Dog Walker won the overall competition (I came in second!) and the person who danced with the most enthusiasm was the Prima Donna. The Drama Queen passed out candy to the winners who willingly shared with their brothers and sisters. You know, my sweetie will be celebrating his birthday in a couple of weeks…maybe he needs a new pair of shorts.