Ironically, when they're not campaigning for laughs, when they're just being themselves without trying to be funny..... that's when they make me laugh the most.
To illustrate my point, I give you two recent vignettes from our home.
Vignette #1
Sissy: Mommy, when I grow up, do I have to be a lady ? I mean like, wear make-up and stuff?
Me (ignoring the impulse to more clearly define "lady' and opting for the short answer) :
No, you don't ever have to wear makeup.
Sissy: Oh, good....... because I really want to be an astronaut.
???
Who knew wearing make-up and being an astronaut were mutually exclusive??
And we call ourselves liberated, ladies?
Vignette #2
Sissy, recently sick with a fever of 101, cracks a joke that she is extremely proud of, but that nobody else gets.
"You're delirious," I tell her.
"Umm, I think you mean hilarious," she kindly corrects me.
She really thinks I used the wrong word - and there it is. In that moment, she is indeed, obliviously hilarious.
3 comments:
They are funny! Did I ever tell you that my youngest sisters kids are 8 and 5? An 8 year old girl and 5 year old twins, boy and girl makes for a lot of laughs when they are around. Your kids make me think of them because they are close to the same ages. I think I'll tell my sister to start reading your blog because I know she'll relate.
CUTE! Thanks for sharing these precious moments... wish I had written more down from my son when he was young...
Kathy tell your sister to come on by. We can trade butterfly stories!
Sheri - it's never too late to write down what you can still remember. The grandkids may enjoy reading it someday.
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