freeze frame!

Ahhhh.... remember the J. Geils Band? I have fond memories of many Sundays spent listenting to Casey Casum do the top 40 for the week. I don't think anyone loved Freeze Frame more than my mom. I still turn it up loud whenever I happen across it on the radio. Do they still do the top 40 countdown? What counts as top 40 music these days?

At any rate, on to the topic of this post. It's not really freeze frame, but freeze dancing. Freeze frame just conjured up too many warm fuzzy feelings about the 80's....

So, today was nice outside, thank goodness. We had The Babe and The Boy out with the neighbor kids for a big chunk of the day. We bought 3 $5 pizzas from Little Caesar's (pizza! pizza! - where did that ad campaign go?) for lunch and had a picnic outside on the lawn. Kids love picnics. We played with a remote controlled motorcycle guy for what seemed like forever... The kids chased that thing all around, and I swear that DH did not give one of them a turn, LOL. Somebody needs to learn to share the super cool remote controlled motorcycle thingy. It's not even ours, DH commandeered it from our neighbor, Michael, who is 2, just like The Boy. The kids didn't care, though. They had too much fun chasing it up and down the street (I love living on the cul-de-sac).

But, back to the topic... I seem to keep losing my place. The highlight of the day, by far, came mid-afternoon. Our neighbor brought out his little Bose radio that has a remote control (much like the motorcycle guy, LOL), and the kids played freeze dance.

Oh.My.GOD.

Have you ever watched a group of 2-7 year olds play freeze dance? For those of you who may not be familiar, the kids all dance while the music is playing, and then when the music stops they have to freeze. A radio with a remote control is a key element here for the lazy parent. Kids dance like crazy in the first place, they freeze like crazy, too. Add to this scene of 5 giggling girls and 3 somewhat confused/amused small boys the fact that my sadistic neighbor, Jeff, is in charge of the remote control and hence, the freezing. He egged those kids on "dance! Dance faster!" and then cut them off in a flash. He'd wait until they were in a frenzy, doing a cartwheel, jumping, something they couldn't just stop, and he'd stop the music. He'd tell the rest of us parents in a low voice which child he was "going after" this round and he would stop the music at the most inopportune moment for that child. SO MUCH FUN.

See, the kids were having a blast, but I think the parents enjoyed it more. We're mean like that. Purposely setting them up in a game of freeze dance for our own amusement.... just shameful. But, heck, we never leave the house, we need to get our entertainment somewhere.

It's either this or start doing Jaegermeister shots mid-day, LOL. I'm guessing the kids would rather we play freeze dance.