Smooth Criminal

Monkey see, Monkey do. Nico loves his cousins so much, he tries to be like them at all times. His cousin Christian is a Micheal Jackson fan as of late, and so when Nico saw his fervor for the King of Pop, we weren't surprised to see Nico's sudden craving for the MJ. Nico doesn't have the cool Fedora that Christian has, so he has had to settle for the sombrero my dad gave him. We have been reading Peter Pan, and Nico insists that we call Peter Pan Micheal Jackson. How ironic and weirdly prophetic is that? MJ must be smiling when he hears us call the boy who never grew up, Micheal...so creepy. Here is Nico doing some fancy footwork to his favorite song, or was that Christian's favorite song?

Martha Graham, Eat your heart out.

The obsession with jumping has grown recently. We jump at home, at the store, in the park, on the bed. We jump into water, over brooms, into puddles. He even asks for jump while he is sleeping, "brinca?" He likes it when we say WOW after a jump and sometimes gets upset if I don't WOW loud enough. It must be so great to finally discover your body and all it is capable of. Here is some footage of Nico and his newest floor routine. Modern Dance meets Toddler Chic.

The Jumparounds

There is a very corny kids band called The JumpArounds. Nico has completely fallen head over heels for them, literally. We had been watching Nico getting excited dancing when they came on TV, but Aaron finally figured out that he was copying the little boy on the video that is breakdancing. He does some fancy footwork and even crosses his arm in classic B-boy repose. It's hard not to laugh out loud when we watch him get down and jumparound. This clip is long, but so worth it.