So You Think You Can Dance

We went to the Children's Museum today for Spring Break Jam. Every day this week there is a performance in the auditorium and today's was a hip-hop/break dance group. Okay, so let me set the scene. Kale had been watching the troop dance and getting down on his own as we sit and watch. At the end, they ask kids to go up on stage to show off some of their moves. I ask Kale thinking he'd chicken out at the last minute. "Otay!" he says.

The kids were to break up in two groups, learn a short routine and then perform it. Well, according to Kale, what they really meant was whenever the music comes on show them what you got. Keith and I have never laughed so hard. All things considered, Kale was probably too young to be up there. But, hey, it's a 30 minute show at a children's museum. The crowd was laughing at Kale a lot, because he's a ham and he knows it. I didn't record as much as I wanted- because I was waiting on the sidelines to leap into action if need be.

The dancers had to tell Kale to stand back and just watch. Kale has never understood this idea. It only seems right that when he was 1 1/2 yrs old, he got slapped in the face by a Chuck E Cheese dancer doing the birthday song routine...he wanted to dance, too. Anyway, the dancers were nice and made Kale a part of the show giving him the microphone at one point to which he screamed out some gibberish that no one understood, but most likely thought it was a bad word because it ended with a "ish". (he often pretends he a monster truck driver yelling into the mic to get the crowd excited and that's just what he did). I'm sure that was Kale's dream come true. A microphone, a room full of people watching and lights shining down on him.

We walked out of there after that because our hearts and stomachs couldn't take much more. And the first thing we said to each other was..."that was so Kale". It's either over the top confidence or he's totally oblivious. Either way, it makes for a good laugh.

Breaking into groups: (watch how Kale separates himself from group to do a solo)

this is Kale's group's turn:

Finally, it was time for his solo: