Last week, Camden and I hit up the neighborhood playground on a particularly warm and sunny day. At first, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. The playground was crowded with small children-- some swinging, some climbing the slide, others chasing each other around and squealing. Camden joined in the fun by climbing up and down the stairs leading to the slide over and over again (such a good thigh workout for Mommy!).
Upon our arrival, I had noticed that there was music playing in the background but paid little attention to it. There's a pool adjacent to the playground and I looked over to see a teenage girl who I recognized as one of the lifeguards cleaning it. Maybe she decided that the kids were being too noisy or maybe her favorite song came on. Whatever the reason, the music suddenly became louder and I had to laugh to myself in surprise when I heard exactly what she was listening to. It wasn't anything super hardcore, but it was definitely not appropriate for the preschool and younger crowd a few feet away from her on the playground. Think Kanye and Jay-Z-- the uncensored versions.
A dad supervising his son on the slide looked up at me wide-eyed and shook his head as the first F-bomb was dropped. A few moms standing over by the swings collectively gasped and started looking angrily in the direction of the oblivious teenager. Some moms started to pack up and head for the gate. The kids were completely unfazed. Classical music could've been playing in the background for all they knew.
Well, except for one kid.
Just as Ludacris (or is it Lil' Jon?!) declared "We want a lady in the street but a freak in the bed!", Camden froze in place in the middle of the playground-- and then began to bend his knees quickly over and over again to the beat of the music. What can I say? The kid loves to dance. And, I'll admit it--it is kind of a catchy song.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
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Awesome! haha...classic!
That's my grandson. He loves dancing. However, I would report that incident. When you have to pay what they charge to use the playground children should not have that as their background music.
That is hilarious! My kids always dance to inappropriate music, I just make sure to tell Alana not to sing the bad words. Stupid catchy Ke$ha songs!
Ha! I now have that song stuck in my head...
OK, so yes it was totally inappropriate of the girl to be listening to that type of music with young children around...but too funny that Camden started dancing.
Tell me - did he have the typical "white boy overbite" while he did it? If so, even more awesome.
That's aweseome because that happens to be my favorite song too (Usher's Yea), and I do the same thing as soon as it comes on! He is too cute! And I agree with your mom...that is not a children's song by any means.
HAHAHAHA, I love that. Lexi bops to music all the time and it is a major crack up. She's a fan of the black eyed peas and basically anything with a beat. She starts swaying side to side and then bouncing up and down on her legs. How annoying about that girl though. That's just awful to blast that type of music near a playground!!!
Hahaha! I can just picture it!
Hahaha! I love when kids dance!
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