Yesterday, my daughter came home from school with her school newsletter. There was an article in it about the Climbing Theater, which put on a performance about harassment for the rest of the school. It said to talk with your children about what they thought about that performance. So I asked my daughter if she saw the performance by the Climbing Theater. She said, "No, Mom. We don't get to the science room that way. We walk through the gym!"

     My son, who is very charming, by the way, loves women. He constantly doles out compliments to strangers, like, "You look beautiful in that dress," or "Your hair looks beautiful today." One time I actually had four women follow me through the store, because he was so charming. In his preschool class, he starts a line at circle time to give his preschool teacher a kiss. (Of course, his teacher is very amused by that.)

     One day last year, after my son took off his shirt, he looked down at his chest and said, "Look Mom! I have two more eyes!" I just looked at him and said, "If you can see out of those things, then you have made quite a discovery!"

    A few years ago, I asked my daughter what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said, "A person." Good answer.

     She was asking me questions one day about driving and I said, "One day, you'll be driving just like me." She said, "Mom, will I be able to see over the kitchen counter by then?"

     With my son, we've been through playing in the toilet every day, tearing down new wallpaper in the house, removing dirty diapers by himself, wanting to be a princess, "The Macarena" played very
loud several times a day (then "Who Let the Dogs Out?" and now Donna Summer's "Bad Girls"), and now he wants to be just like another boy in his preschool class. We'll find out what's next in about a week.

     I highly recommend keeping a laughter journal. It's great when you need a quick and effective soul touch. Needless to say, our souls are touched quite often in our house. We don't have far to go to get a good laugh.