dancing in the kitchen

sometimes after dinner, cleaning up dishes, i'll put music on, and one or both of the kids will wander in and dance. sometimes i'll join in, sometimes watch and enjoy, it varies.

so tonight the song was the up-tempo Hoodoo Gurus song "I want you back". And in walks Kate, in a sweater dress, wearing Emily's running shoes, and holding a tiny wooden American flag.

she listens for a minute, asks what the song is, then starts smiling, dancing, and waving the flag. but since the sneakers were so big on her, she couldn't lift her feet. so she kind of shuffled her feet, bouncing up and down in place, and waving the flag, impressively in time with the music. it was beautiful and awesome.

I joined in.