In particular, she loves the character of jovial Uncle Albert who floats up in the air whenever he laughs. All visitors of Uncle Albert can join him in a tea party in mid-air, as long as they chuckle together. One word of caution: thinking of something sad will take away your flying magic.
That says everything about the magic of laughter. "It's laughing that does it, you know." This may sound easy - and it is - but it requires our own thinking. There are no licensed laughterologists. For many bedtime story times, I'd reminded my daughter to learn from Uncle Albert, "So. We can decide ourselves whether we fly or fall."
You are probably thinking that it's too early to teach her the lesson, but it isn't. I just knew somehow, after learning a painful lesson ourselves, that she understood. Alas, my wife actually ruined her car's rear bumper while backing out of a parking space tonight. We decided to buy a box of chocolate and then Jasmine helped her mom through the let-go steps.
For the next half hour, we played all sorts of games together. When Jasmine heard her mom talking about the insurance coverage, she told her mom matter-of-factly, "Hey - haven't you got the chocolate? Why are you still sad?"
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