***thanks for your emails about the carseat. i will definitely tighten the latch on sadie's so it doesn't even move. and i know the belts weren't tight enough...we weren't going anywhere...i was just taping them. off to tighten the seat!***
harper has LOVED this shins song (sleeping lessons) since she was a little girl.
and she's done this out of control dance to it for a loooong time. she used to call it BIG LOUD!!! when she was a baby b/c she'd wait for the "loud part" to start dancing.
they do it in the back seat every time we listen to this CD, and it makes me GRIN every single time...
anyway, thought you could use the smile today.
several points i'd like to discuss:
a. i was NOT driving. we were in the driveway and i was like a pretzel in the front seat, so that i could tape it. hence the shaking.
b. i don't think any brains were scrambled in this process. you never know, though...that's serious dancing.
c. ignore the nose picking.
d. sorry for the looooongest intro ever. but miss fancy pants H would NOT let me tape unless i did it the "real way"...from the very beginning.
e. another sorry for my high pitched spazzy voice. sometimes i get very overly excited/hyper.
happy almost friday. wheeeeee!!!
shins dance party from stephanie howell on Vimeo.
How cute!
Posted by: Mandie Segura | 03/11/2010 at 05:52 PM
Your kids are so adorable. Watching them on video makes me want to have another baby girl.
Posted by: aimee | 03/11/2010 at 06:11 PM
Love it! I love how they rock out!
Posted by: Mindy Miller | 03/11/2010 at 06:12 PM
that is so funny. At the beginning Sadie is looking at Harper like will you dance already? LOL!
Posted by: Amy Z | 03/11/2010 at 06:25 PM
So cute. Your girls are adorable, Steph! :)
Posted by: Barb | 03/11/2010 at 06:37 PM
So fun... you have so many great memories recorded!! They are just going to laugh when they watch this when they are older.
Posted by: Michelle Unruh | 03/11/2010 at 06:40 PM
hysterical.....and I love love love that CD....just listening to it this morning. now I'll forever think of your girlies =)
Posted by: Vicki Spencer | 03/11/2010 at 06:49 PM
That's freakin adorable. Love it!
Posted by: Jennifer Waters | 03/11/2010 at 07:00 PM
LOL!!! That is adorable. How you are not forced to the side of the road each time they do this is beyond me. I would be sitting there laughing so hard, I wouldn't be able to drive. They are so cute!
Posted by: Lora Oliver | 03/11/2010 at 07:05 PM
How cute is that!! I love it!! Thanks so much for sharing that with us!
Posted by: Kensi | 03/11/2010 at 07:08 PM
Future little rock mamas!!!!!
Too cute.. Too funny!
Posted by: Andi Sexton | 03/11/2010 at 07:09 PM
Love watching this!! :) I will pay more attention the next time we're in the car now! Thanks!! Love when my girls come up with fun stuff in the car! Thanks for sharing your cuties!! :)
Posted by: Angie F | 03/11/2010 at 07:24 PM
That's the good stuff! My 9 year old approves, too.
Posted by: Michelle | 03/11/2010 at 07:29 PM
ok...i have never heard that song before, but felt like i was just as excited as they were to hear it, lol!! (and i love your spazzy voice... i miss hearing it!) xoxo
Posted by: Nicole Harper | 03/11/2010 at 07:37 PM
So cute! I love how Harper looks so serious like she's mentally preparing, then as it gets closer, she get a little bouncy and then BAM - there it is!!! So fun!!
Posted by: lisa | 03/11/2010 at 07:40 PM
Okay....can we say ADORABLE?!!!! I have 3 girls and they are 16,14 and 8 and we still act "silly" every once in a while and I LOVE it!! Especially when we bring out the sing-along machine, the only difference now is they will NOT let me record them. Thats okay I just tell them "my memory is long, verrrry long" (i think that is a line from a movie LOL)
Enjoy (I know you do)
KIDS are FUN!!
:0) Natalie
Posted by: Natalie Heisinger | 03/11/2010 at 07:48 PM
You'll be SO glad you have things like this when they're all grown up and 20 and married and deny that they ever did such crazy things! :) (Sound like the voice of experience? It is!)
Posted by: Kelly Lautenbach | 03/11/2010 at 08:00 PM
your kids are bonkers.
Posted by: kirsty | 03/11/2010 at 08:03 PM
i swear sadie says "KESHA??" at the beginning of the video!!! hahahah!! totally cracks me up! :)
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Posted by: lauren | 03/11/2010 at 08:22 PM
That was too funny! I love the way Harper asked you want you were looking at! So Cute :)
Posted by: Alison | 03/11/2010 at 08:24 PM
dude! your adorable girlies dancing to the Shins....makes my life!! love it love it love it!
Posted by: Vanessa | 03/11/2010 at 08:41 PM
That was sooooo stinkin cute! Thanks for sharing! :D
Posted by: cindy johnston | 03/11/2010 at 08:47 PM
That is hysterical. ;)
And I say this every time but...Sadie looks so big to me!!!
Posted by: justem | 03/11/2010 at 09:06 PM
Love it Stephanie! Sooooo darn cute!!! Your girls will love things like this to look back on. Such a fun time in life!
Posted by: Mary Ann | 03/11/2010 at 09:07 PM
on and that up there says DARN...hate that font LOL
Posted by: Mary Ann | 03/11/2010 at 09:07 PM
Ok...that was hilarious! Harper was soooooserious waiting for her big part to come!!! They remind me of my first and second children...like they each have their same personalities, except the girl versions!!!
Thanks for sharing and making us laugh!!!
Posted by: Tammy Graves | 03/11/2010 at 09:10 PM
You girls are sooooooo adorable!!!!!
Thanks for the smile on my face... I had a very long day... baseball practice was fun, but man it was cold outside!!!!!
xoxo
Posted by: Tere | 03/11/2010 at 09:26 PM
OMG !!!! That was so funny !!!! I was afraid though they might end up hitting each others head !!!!!
Posted by: Linda G | 03/11/2010 at 09:45 PM
that. was. hillarious!
i love how serious Harper was
before she started dancing.
and that Sadie...you can see
the wild ;) I love it!
Posted by: Carol | 03/11/2010 at 09:55 PM
Favorite Part----> "What are you looking at?"
hysterical.
Posted by: Jenni Hufford | 03/11/2010 at 10:01 PM
Hilarious! Nothing like some headbanging to put you in a silly mood. Thanks for the smiles & laughs!
Posted by: Carrie | 03/11/2010 at 10:03 PM
Hysterical.....Love Sadie's expression.
Posted by: Kim S | 03/11/2010 at 10:09 PM
I.love.this. Thank you so much for sharing...love love love car dancing. My girls and I do it all the time!
Posted by: Missy | 03/11/2010 at 10:10 PM
That was TOO cute! Thanks for sharing - it put a smile on my face. :)
Posted by: Amy | 03/11/2010 at 10:12 PM
Does Harper look just like you or what? They are both such little cuties!
Posted by: debra s | 03/11/2010 at 10:13 PM
This is so fantastic! I hope that I have kids that will dance in their carseats to cool songs! Thanks so much for sharing-- it definitely made me smile :)
Posted by: Natalie | 03/11/2010 at 10:35 PM
LOVE!!!! Dang, you guys made some cute kids :)
Posted by: Kirsten | 03/11/2010 at 10:38 PM
Watched this with my little girls this morning. The best. That's all I'm sayin!
Posted by: Nikki M | 03/11/2010 at 10:45 PM
That has got to be the cutest thing ever!!!
Thanks for the big smile at the end of a long and hectic week. :)
Posted by: Tracey Dye | 03/11/2010 at 10:49 PM
That is some SERIOUS side-to-side head baggin'!!! Thanks so much for sharing......for the past hour I have been trying to encourage friends (via email) thru some horrible life altering situations. I needed the dance party!!!
Posted by: Holly | 03/11/2010 at 10:58 PM
Cute!! Had to share this cute little cowboy video someone sent me...
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1610699488?bctid=31812464001
Posted by: Janell | 03/11/2010 at 11:14 PM
That's hilarious! I agree seeing this video makes me want to have kids even more so! :D
Posted by: Kristy | 03/11/2010 at 11:17 PM
I love how Sadie looks over at Harper, half way through the head banging, to make sure she's not doing it alone. :) Way cute! Keep on rockin.
Posted by: Colleen Sheehy | 03/12/2010 at 01:08 AM
So, so, so cute!!!!! My daughter, Amelie, said "trop choutes !!!!" (not French, just Amelies'language). This music is really "spacy", it's right. And Sadie is just a fantastic little UFO!!
Posted by: Stephanie | 03/12/2010 at 02:52 AM
LOL!!! Those two are too darn cut and they sure know how to rock that song!!!!
Posted by: Account Deleted | 03/12/2010 at 02:55 AM
Your video brought a BIG BIG BIIIG smile on my face! Cutest video I4ve seen lately! thank you for sharing! :)
Posted by: Account Deleted | 03/12/2010 at 04:32 AM
Cutest.thing.ever!
Posted by: ames | 03/12/2010 at 04:56 AM
Tooo cute! We groove in the car too! Or in the store, or the house or any where my girls hear music.
Posted by: Melissa S | 03/12/2010 at 05:25 AM
Adorable! What fun to watch!! TFS! Have a great weekend ya'll!
Posted by: Stephanie Eaken | 03/12/2010 at 06:35 AM
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So adorable!
Posted by: Jacque | 03/12/2010 at 07:43 AM
so hilarious :) and i loved watching sadie with her book. they're both so adorable!
Posted by: Kimber-Leigh | 03/12/2010 at 07:47 AM
you are awesome stephanie! i want to be your friend - not crazy, well maybe a little ha! i have tears in my eyes watching that video. the girls are simply adorable!!
Posted by: Jill | 03/12/2010 at 08:09 AM
this is too funny!
it is really something, i do not know you, yet your posts can make me tear up, cry and laugh out loud as if i know you, cause i can relate so much to you, i have two little girls who drive us crazy too and who we are crazy in love with.
happy friday!
xoxo
erin
Posted by: erin | 03/12/2010 at 08:50 AM
that's amazing, I love babies dancing!! My little guy likes to tap his feet now and spin in circles. Thanks for the video!
Posted by: Nirupama Hecker | 03/12/2010 at 09:19 AM
too cute! Just read that Dora book last night. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Robin | 03/12/2010 at 09:38 AM
Hilarious! Your girls are the cutest ever!
Posted by: Meghann | 03/12/2010 at 09:44 AM
Good lord they're cute!!!
Posted by: Ally White | 03/12/2010 at 09:46 AM
Okay now that is pretty darn CUTE!!! Oh how I wish my girls were still that small!!! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Tilda | 03/12/2010 at 09:48 AM
So funny. I watched it with my 3 year old and 16 month old daughters. They LOVED it and started dancing along! So cute!
Posted by: Laurie Ann | 03/12/2010 at 10:18 AM
OMG....Sadie's faces are probably worth more than anything...she is hilarious!!! Thanks for sharing! Happy Friday!
Posted by: www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnpHYFWyHx_pMPpXqbVGYZ9YWkRnIoHdFI | 03/12/2010 at 11:19 AM
Good thing those seats are padded! It was worth the wait...your girls are so cute.
Posted by: Beth Bo. | 03/12/2010 at 11:25 AM
that is the most perfect dance for that part of the song. thanks for sharing it with us :)
Posted by: Rachel | 03/12/2010 at 11:31 AM
Loved when Harper asked 'What are you looking at?' Classic.
My son is a total headbanger. My husband plays a lot of loud rock music and my son started 'headbanging' in the back seat one day. We saw it in the rear view mirror and laughed so hard we almost crashed the car.
Posted by: erica | 03/12/2010 at 12:00 PM
hahahahahaaa. this.was.awesome. you're such a cool mom. i couldn't get over how cute sadie is with that little tongue a wigglin the whole time. so cute steph. makes me wish i had a video camera.
Posted by: taniawillis | 03/12/2010 at 12:51 PM
now THAT is funny! I don't care WHO you are!
Posted by: rebecca shelor | 03/12/2010 at 02:56 PM
This is priceless :) so cute and so cool. Love the video. thx for sharing!!! your girls are gorgeous and so fun!!!
Posted by: Vanessa M Santamaria | 03/12/2010 at 06:52 PM
OMG that is the cutest thing!!! Moments like this are priceless....and I bet 20yrs from now they will still be doing it to "their" song :)
Posted by: Heather Saxberg | 03/12/2010 at 09:58 PM
Ohmigoodness, SO cute!! I loved that!! They will LOVE this when they are older! HA! LOL. :-D
Posted by: reyanna | 03/12/2010 at 11:47 PM
Toooooo cute!!! Made me smile & reminds me of my girls.
Dang I don't have a video camera to catch them!!! LOL
M xx
Posted by: mel brewin | 03/13/2010 at 01:39 AM
Rofl!!!!!!!!
What are you looking at!!!!!????
SO funny! SO cute!
Rock on Girls!!
Curious what you use to video them.
Thanks for putting a huge smile on my face first thing this morning!!!
Posted by: kathleen p. | 03/13/2010 at 06:59 AM
So adorable! made my day!
Posted by: Denni | 03/13/2010 at 09:03 AM
So very cute! It did make me smile! Thanks for posting it!
Posted by: Angela W | 03/13/2010 at 10:25 PM
Darling...just darling. I love kids!
Posted by: Beth Moore | 03/14/2010 at 09:26 AM
They are just adorable! can't believe how much Harper has grow since the "Turtle" video! she was very clever even at that age. my three yr old is nowhere near the level at which Harper speaks. they are a credit to you and Jimmy both!
thanks for sharing.
Colette
Posted by: Colette | 03/14/2010 at 11:16 AM
you are such a cute mom. seriously. :)
Posted by: Tenika | 03/14/2010 at 09:44 PM
Ahh! Love The Shins and that song! Really really love your lil girls rockin out to it! So precious!
Posted by: Steph Mahoney | 03/14/2010 at 11:11 PM
oh stephaine! theses little ladies cracked me up today...been such a hard day here today to be a good momma, but those little girls just made my day! what a treasure! xx
Posted by: Mandy Ni B | 03/15/2010 at 11:03 AM
Oh my gosh! The cutest thing I've ever seen! :D
I'm a bit late commenting, but I couldn't resist. Thanks for sharing. This is SO cute!
Hope you're having a good Thursday!
-Cary
Posted by: Cary Skelton | 03/18/2010 at 06:23 PM
i love how Harper was in her zone with such a serious face and her smile coming across her face as the time was getting closer to dance crazy! makes me miss my little ones who are now teenagers and wouldn't be caught dead doing a video for Mom. Thanks for bringing a smile to my day!
Posted by: Suezi Gurzi | 03/22/2010 at 11:56 AM