Belly Laughs

"While we try to teach our children all about life,
Our children teach us what life is all about.”
~Angela Schwindt

Yesterday when I picked Little Chick up at preschool it was such a lovely day (after all the rain and cold weather we just had) that many of the moms just let the kids play with each other out on the front lawn of the building. The teacher in me (or maybe it was the child) started to sing some counting songs with them. All of the children were giggling and running around.

One child discovered that there was a little hill of grass that sloped down towards the school. He went right to the top, plopped himself in the lawn, and proceeded to roll down. Little Chick saw this and, of course, jumped into this fun game! Before you knew it, all of the little munchkins were climbing up and rolling down. They bumped into one another and all you could hear were belly laughs. They were sweaty and their hair was covered in freshly cut grass, but they didn’t care! Watching this filled my soul with such happiness! I began singing, “There were ten in the bed, and the little one said, roll over, roll over.” The kids kept asking me to sing more each time the song ended.

It was so “simple” and so “perfect”. It was one of those moments you want to capture in time. I wondered how many of us allow the inner child to roll through the grass like we used to? The children were so silly and the laughter was contagious. At what point do we start to get “serious” and lose a bit of the “silliness”? I always try to be silly with Little Chick, but as with all of us, things have to get done (endless dishes, laundry, bills, cooking, etc) and we can get tired. I took a mental note, however, of what simple and free fun all of the kids had. It reminded me to let lose and let my inner child come out more often!

Little Chick on Mother's Day happy running around with the ribbon from my present!

Little Chick is my greatest gift!