Day 12: DANCE!

Yesterday just wasn't a good day all around.

After the dentist appointment, Maren was too sore and numb to be able to go to her band class. She took a two hour nap and then we did some school.

Then dear hubby came home from work early. Which was awesome.

He and I started on getting the beets pickled and canned. 21 quarts of pickled beets from our garden! Yum!

While we were out in the garden picking we decided to just take a quick peek at the bees who looked like they'd been disturbed. We smoked them and lifted the lid and just looked inside. The hive wasn't full enough to warrant putting on a new super, so we closed it all back up and were just getting ready to leave them when one of them dive-bombed my face and stung me right on the lip.

Right now, 16 hours later, I look like a new woman--and not in a good way. My entire face is swollen beyond recognition. My upper lip looks like a duck bill. The swelling is approaching my eye and my nostrils are a little bit restricted, but I CAN still breathe fine. I have ice packs on my face and I'm taking Benadryl and Aspirin to try to bring the swelling down at least a little. But I'm destined to look like a sideshow freak for a few days--which I DO NOT need.

At any rate, we're going ahead with school this morning and Maren jumped into the day by choosing Dance for today's JSWA lesson.

There are tons of things you can do with dance in just a few minutes. This is a great opportunity to just put on some music and let the kids GROOVE! But I'm not up to grooving this morning and Maren's still a little sore, so we opted to WATCH dance instead of DO dance.

Today we watched Gene Kelly dance on roller skates! Amazing! Kelly was an incredibly athletic and creative dancer. Most American adults have seen the dance scene from Singing in the Rain. This clip is just as incredible as he soars over the streets on roller skates.

Watch it HERE!