Laughter

We were sitting around the table eating dinner last night when the Dracenator shamelessly lets out a great big burp.

WHAT do you SAY?  I barked.

"Excuu-Bbuurrpppp..(hiccup) me!  BWAHAHAHAAA  HA haaa!"

I shot him the evil eye, along with his brother who was cackling like a goose on a caffeine high at the other end of the table. 

I continued to give them both the evil stare down until I looked at Charlie and saw the smirk on his face.  I then had to fight back the urge to bust out in full blown laughter myself because both boys were laughing so hard by this point that they were on the verge of tears.

Somebody has to be responsible for teaching those two little savages how to behave at a dinner table though and I was able to play it off by stopping with a small chuckle and then quickly focusing in on the fact that neither of them were wearing shirts at the table and demanding to know why.  

They were hot, of course. Burning up hot.  Ugh.

They found this whole ordeal so funny that I overheard  them re-playing the scene while they were in the bathroom supposed to be brushing their teeth this morning. 

I said, BURP!  and she said, WHAT do you say?!  and I said, ExcuuBurrpppp!!!!   BWA HA HAAAA!!!!!" 

He's most likely not going to let this one go for awhile because making his big brother laugh is like the bestest thing imaginable in his 7 year old world. 

Laughter is one of life's greatest simple pleasures, isn't it?  At any age.  

I read somewhere recently that the average child laughs up to 300 times a day while the average adult only laughs 10-15. 

How sad is that?   

Laughter is, in my book, the absolute best cure-all medicine for all of life's little downers.

I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth."  ~Quincy Jones

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it. ~Bill Cosby

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. ~e.e. cummings 

Laughter is an instant vacation.  ~Milton Berle

 Remember, men need laughter sometimes more than food. ~Anna Fellows Johnston

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.  ~Victor Borge

Laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life. ~Hugh Sidey

At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.  ~Jean Houston

Hope y'all have a wonderful laughter-filled weekend! :)