Let’s Dance to the Music
Way before I had kids I used to imagine having a home where my kids grow up listening to music. It can be anything, really. The radio, CD, or just you humming and singing songs.
Till now, when we’re in our bedroom, the radio is (almost) always switched on to the classics on Symphony 92.4FM.
[Listening to classical music – its regular beat and rhythm – does have a kind of calming and relaxing effect on the listeners]
Anyway.
Today Anya and I tried something different. We put on some children song and we just … danced ourselves silly (I thought it’d be good for me to burn some calories at the same time too!).
We jumped up and down, wiggled our hips, held hands and hopped.
Even Vai looked up and giggled.
After the ‘ABC’ and ‘Do-Re-Mi’ songs, Anya wanted to continue on, BUT I was too exhausted. My throat’s dry, my head’s spinning a bit and I had to go and get a drink.
[Thank goodness the next song was the rather slow ‘Twinkle twinkle little star’, so we did some slow movements instead]
After the third song, I let Anya continued on by herself while I went to the kitchen to prepare her snacks.
It made me think though. Three songs and I’m out of breath. That’s not good. And it’s either because I didn’t do any warming up or I’m just SO unfit right now (or I’m just getting OLD!)
AND oh, by night time, my right knee kinda hurts! (note: I do have a history of bad knees)
Oh my.
And I’m not even forty yet!
