{"id":4572,"date":"2010-12-14T12:29:33","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T17:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=4572"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:12:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:12:49","slug":"shake-your-booty-boys-and-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/14\/shake-your-booty-boys-and-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Shake your booty boys and girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So you know when the month of December rolls around it&#8217;s all supposed to be butterflies and rainbows, right?  Good moods, happy faces, celebration?<\/p>\n<p>Well this month I am feeling it not so much.  Believe me, I want to.  And I am trying.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ee\" width=\"583\" height=\"824\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4574\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But so far this month has been stressful.  Mostly for Andy, but you know how when one person is really stressed it has a way of trickling down?  It has trickled.  And we have all been feeling out of sorts.<\/p>\n<p>The house is a mess, schedules are crazy, and I just want to curl up in front of the fire with a good book.<\/p>\n<p>Or play with the girly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ee1\" width=\"583\" height=\"824\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s waaaaay too cold outside, and I have found my temper short.<\/p>\n<p>The kids are ready for a break from school- and I am too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ee2\" width=\"583\" height=\"824\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4577\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So what do you do when you are grumpy and you need to shake it?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ee3\" width=\"824\" height=\"583\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4579\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Time for a kitchen dance party of course!  <\/p>\n<p>And our fave song lately for our dance party?<\/p>\n<p>This one.  I dare you to listen and not smile, or at least tap your foot.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/10938016\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/10938016\">Beauty In The World | Macy Gray<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/concord\">Concord Music Group<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nHeya throw your hands up and holla<br \/>\nThrow your hands up and holla<br \/>\nWhen you dont know what to do<br \/>\nDont know if youll make it through<br \/>\nRemember god is giving you beauty in the world<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ee4\" width=\"583\" height=\"824\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4581\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ee5\" width=\"583\" height=\"824\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4583\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because playing is much more fun than being grumpy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ee8\" width=\"583\" height=\"824\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4586\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ee6\" width=\"583\" height=\"824\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4584\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the little people like it so much better<\/p>\n<p>And then she goes to the door to wait for her brothers so they can come shake their booties with her.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ee7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ee7\" width=\"824\" height=\"583\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4590\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you know when the month of December rolls around it&#8217;s all supposed to be butterflies and rainbows, right? Good moods, happy faces, celebration? Well this month I am feeling it not so much. Believe me, I want to. And I am trying. But so far this month has been stressful. Mostly for Andy, but you know how when one person is really stressed it has a way of trickling down? It has trickled. And we have all been feeling out of sorts. The house is a mess, schedules are crazy, and I just want to curl up in front of the fire with a good book. Or play with the girly. It&#8217;s waaaaay too cold outside, and I have found my temper short. The kids are ready for a break from school- and I am too. So what do you do when you are grumpy and you need to shake it? Time for a kitchen dance party of course! And our fave song lately for our dance party? This one. I dare you to listen and not smile, or at least tap your foot. Beauty In The World | Macy Gray from Concord Music Group on Vimeo. Heya throw your hands up and holla Throw your hands up and holla When you dont know what to do Dont know if youll make it through Remember god is giving you beauty in the world Because playing is much more fun than being grumpy And the little people like it so much better And then she goes to the door to wait for her brothers so they can come shake their booties with her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21099,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4572\/revisions\/21099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}