Here's the original video. For a reference point. I know there's a lot of rump shakin' and other such things...especially to invite my young boys to imitate...but it also really increases the humor of the thing. (Usually I don't even want Jacob to watch Arthur because I think it's too worldly--& annoying.) So enjoy my moral lapse with me! My mom's comment about the video is my favorite, "Man, those girls have adequate booties. (That does mean rear ends doesn't it?)".
This "project" was the brainchild of a friend of a friend. Apparently (I'm not hip with the young kids) this Beyonce video is the subject of extensive commentary, spoofs and ridicule. So, this friend asked that all of her friends make their own versions of the video as a birthday gift to her. Mardee told me that Jacob and Nicholas were just the dancers that her little Beyonce (Cadence) needed.
We had so much fun preparing and filming this little beauty. I really got in touch with my video making roots. Carly and I spent about half of our time together making movies when we were in junior high and high school. Easily half. Maybe 2/3. Good times however much time it was. So, it was like those days but with kids and husbands and Beyonce and iMovie.
Thanks to Mardee and to her friend Nor for this wonderful challenge. And now my desire for Jacob and Cadence to at least date later in life has increased 100 fold. Wouldn't it be nice to have this playing in a quiet spot at their wedding reception?
That's right. But don't worry, this is not one of those posts. It's merely the first line of Jacob's new favorite song! It's called "Mi Cuerpo" [My Body]. I have used this song in every Spanish class I've taught. Here's the translation:
My body, my body, it makes music; My body, my body, it makes music. My hands go [clap, clap, clap], My feet go [stomp, stomp, stomp], My mouth goes "la, la, la", and my body, "cha cha cha".
