Whisper

 

 

 

Mid-March is a whirlwind.  We've got three birthdays, St. Patrick's Day, and this year the lead up to Easter.  Along with all this celebrating comes a house-full of sweets. 

One of the funny things about Huelan is that she thinks she's being tricky.  In the mornings, we'll hear her try to sneak out into the kitchen while we're still in bed, push her stool up to the counter, and hunt for candy.  She'll often come into our room when she thinks we're still asleep with chocolate on her mouth and teeth.  Her other thing is to say, "Let me whisper in your ear."  She's not that good at whispering, so she cups her hands around our ear and says at nearly full volume, "I want some candy."  Or cookie.  Or popsicle   She is seriously a sugar junkie.

On St. Patrick's Day, Anh and Patty came over to cook dinner and brought a cake for my birthday.  We lingered around the dinner table and didn't have cake til around 8.  After a small slice of cake, Huelan got a buzz and danced around for another hour.

At the St. Anne's St. Patrick's Day extravaganza a few weeks ago, she didn't even need sugar to get amped up.  We walked through the door at the lower hall at church and she saw about seven kids running around in circles, just chasing one another pointlessly.  Huelan was immediately all in.  She ran around until the dancefloor was cleared for the bagpipers, then she sat mesmerized by the troupe of Irish dancers.  Then as soon as they were done, the DJ took the stage and Huelan was back at it along with all the other kids in the place.  They climbed onto the stage, danced around up there, and lept off.

Huelan is not a shy girl.  She took a liking to the Irish dancing girls and basically wedged herself into their dance circle.  She would run around the hall, identify random people she liked, and grab their hands, leaving them no option but to dance with her.  She's kind of a smiling dance bully.  She bounced around like that for two straight hours, until we pulled her off the dance floor, wiped her down, and forcibly hydrated her.  Flashback to 1998.

Some pics here

St. Patty's Dance Video. Yes, those are random people she's dancing with.


Home Post Cake Dance Demo (5 mins- you're not missing a ton if you stop short)