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Filed under: Just For Moms, Toddlers Preschoolers
One of the secret gifts of Mothering a toddler is the laughter. Babies are cute, they do fun things, but a toddler's quirky brain wiring makes for some serious entertainment.
Nolan thinks he's hilarious. This has been evident from the time he was a wee baby, but lately he is seriously convinced of his own private hilarity. I'll catch glimpses of him in the rear view mirror, snickering with gusto about some secret joke he's concocted involving his hands and Jordi's dog snout. He'll be sitting in his high chair, and commence laughing hysterically...something to do with a kiwi fruit?
I spent so many months watching Nolan's reactions to my actions: his sleeping when I rocked him, his protests when I diapered him, his pleasure when I put him in a warm bath. It is such a refreshing and unexpectedly beautiful thing to watch him provoke himself...even if I don't totally get his "inside jokes".
Nolan thinks he's hilarious. This has been evident from the time he was a wee baby, but lately he is seriously convinced of his own private hilarity. I'll catch glimpses of him in the rear view mirror, snickering with gusto about some secret joke he's concocted involving his hands and Jordi's dog snout. He'll be sitting in his high chair, and commence laughing hysterically...something to do with a kiwi fruit?
I spent so many months watching Nolan's reactions to my actions: his sleeping when I rocked him, his protests when I diapered him, his pleasure when I put him in a warm bath. It is such a refreshing and unexpectedly beautiful thing to watch him provoke himself...even if I don't totally get his "inside jokes".
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2-28-2007 @ 11:25AM
Lauren said...Margot cracks us up when she is playing with my cell phone, having a "conversation" with the phone. She will laugh like the person on the other end of the phone is hilarious!
So cute!
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2-28-2007 @ 12:25PM
Amy said...Last night, getting ready for bed, my 2 year old starting biting his toe. He laughed and laughed like it was the funniest thing ever. I have no idea why that struck him as so funny, but I'll always smile thinking about it. Where's the video camera when you need one?
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