Dynamite

I’m a bit behind on the blogging front, explanation to follow.  Don’t judge.

So on July 26th, Jakey officially graduated from preschool.  That morning I had the honor of taking the kiddos to school and then coming back later to guard seats in the front row and man the iPhone video camera.

As I’m driving the boys to school in my sweats (they’re JCrew, which makes them slightly more fashionable than what you’re imagining) and a t-shirt, Jacob gives me my marching orders:

“Mom, mom.  For my graduation you need to wear a dress and dang-galy earrings and eyelashes and lipstick and high heels.”

“Really?”  Of course I was planning on dressing-up, but now I’m imagining the Max & Ruby cartoon where the girl bunnies wear lipstick and eyelashes and earrings in their tall bunny ears.

Later that morning, Granddad, Grandma, Nonna, Papa, Daddy, Nate, me and Baby Devon watched Jacob dance and sing and ascend to the next level.  As expected, one of the major highlights was the rendition of Graduate to the tune of Taio Cruz’s Dynamite (Lyrics attributed to an unknown author.). Note that the link goes to a video of some other preschool class, not JJ’s.

For posterity, here’s how it went:

Verse 1

It went so fast, fast, fast, fast, (fist explodes on each “fast”)
Let’s celebrate ’cause it won’t last, last, last, last, (one hand on hip wave finger back and forth)
I’m with all my favorite friends, friends, friends, friends, (bounce or jump)
So come on now and clap your hands, hands, hands, hands. (clap hands)

Yeah! Yeah!
We’re moving on and on and on! (fist pump)
We’re moving on and on and on! (fist pump other hand)
Yeah! (throw arms up in the air)

Chorus

I throw my hands up in the air sometimes, (wave both hands in the air)
Saying ayo, come on let’s go! (hands on mouth like a megaphone)
I wanna celebrate and graduate, (both hands point thumbs at self)
Saying ayo, come on let’s go! (hands on mouth like a megaphone)

‘Cause we will rock this school, (air guitar)
We will do it right, (air guitar)
We will graduate, (both hands point thumbs at self)
‘Cause we’re dynamite! (punch both arms up in the air, alternating)

‘Cause I told you once, (one finger out)
Now I told you twice, (two fingers out)
We will graduate, (both hands point thumbs at self)
‘Cause we’re dynamite! (punch both arms up in the air)

Verse 2

We’re saying bye, bye, bye, bye, (wave bye)
We’re moving on so don’t you cry, cry, cry, cry, (cry motion)
Look how our friendships grew, grew, grew, grew, (arms around each other)
We couldn’t do it without you, you, you, you! (point at audience)

Yeah! Yeah!
We’re moving on and on and on! (fist pump)
We’re moving on and on and on! (fist pump other hand)
Yeah! (throw arms up in the air)

Repeat Chorus

Verse 3

We’re gonna go to kindergarten, (wave goodbye)
But we’ll still miss each other. (hug yourself)
We had some good times, (give double thumbs up)
And of course we love our teachers! (hug yourself)

I-I-I believe I-I-I’ll remember it all, remember it all. (point to self then point to brain)
So come on clap your hands in the air, (clap hands over head)
Clap your hands in the air,
Clap your hands in the air, air, air, air, air, air… (wave hands over head)

Musical Break

(spirit fingers to right)
(spirit fingers to left)
(shake it down to ground)
(shake it back up)

Repeat Chorus

Yeah! (throw hands up in celebration)

And roaring applause…  the dancing during the musical break might have been the best part.

Also for the record, I did wear a dress, dangly earrings and lipstick.  I cleared my natural, mascara-coated eyelashes and flats with the boss.

He is dynamite.  And you can’t argue with that…