Laughter As Medicine #vlogmom

This weeks #vlogmoms topic is from Rajean of Because I Said So:

What or Who Makes You Laugh or Giggle?

I love to laugh with – and at – kids. So I got a bunch of my friends to help with this video.

Did you know that health-care professionals/hospitals use humor therapy? Laughter helps to:cat LOL

  • lower blood pressure,
  • reduce stress hormones,
  • blood vessel dilatation,
  • boost the immune system,
  • trigger the release of endorphins – the body’s natural painkillers, and
  • improve circulatory and cardiovascular health
But the real reason I like to laugh:

15 min. of laughter each day could help you to lose up to 4 pounds a yr.

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Learning The Rules of the Road

do not passLast week as I was driving the kids home from Grandma’s my almost seven year old was reading every sign we passed – and I do mean every sign.

Then I heard, “Do…not…pass.  Mommy!  Mommy!  You’re going to pass it!”

I hope I didn’t hurt his feelings by laughing out loud.

Lexiograms

More funny email to share.  Well, it might depend on your definition of funny.

You say you don’t know what a lexiogram is?
These will clear that up.

1. A bicycle can’t stand alone because it is two-tired.
2. A properly written will is a dead giveaway.
3. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
4. She had a boyfriend with a wooden leg, but broke it off.
5. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
6. If you don’t pay your exorcist you get repossessed.
7. With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
8. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
9. The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.
10. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.

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11. He often broke into song because he couldn’t find the key.
12. A lot of money is tainted. “Taint yours and taint mine.”
13. A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
14. He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
15. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
16. When you’ve seen one shopping center you’ve seen a mall.
17. Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.
18. When an actress saw her first strands of gray hair she thought she’d dye.
19. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
20. Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of defeat.

Think Butter Would Work?

As I was sitting and rubbing lotion on my legs my 2 yo daughter came to talk to me.

She got a puzzled look on her face and asked, “Why you puttin’ butter on your legs?”

Evidently she only saw the yellow Vaseline lotion in my hand and on my legs.

Rattle-Rattle Here, and a Rattle-Rattle There

On Sunday my children got orange Tic-Tacs for saying their Bible verse.

They think those rattling boxes are da bomb, way cool, awesome, etc. Definitely better than sliced bread. They are downright fascinated. I never realized that I had so isolated them from this important cultural candy.

Before we were even out the church doors they asked me if they could have one. One Tic-Tac? Sure.

Every 3 minutes after that, except for the blessed Sunday nap time, they were asking if they could eat another one!

As soon as my 3 yo daughter got up from her nap she wanted to know if she could eat her Kit-Kats. I was confused – we don’t have those in the house right now.
“It’s Kit-Tacs,” my 5yo replies.
“Oh! Your Tic-Tacs.”
“Mrs. Teacher said Kit-Tacs,” insisted the 3 yo.
“I don’t think so.”

[This is the same girl who kept asking to eat an air mattress all week. I split the last Airhead 3 ways on Friday.]

“Look at this Mommy!” My 5 yo proudly showed me how he can open the box using only one hand. Oh, we are a talented lot here.

They both hand the candies to their 2yo sister like they’re giving carrots to a horse. “Can I give her one?” “Can I give her one of mine, too?” She doesn’t care; just shoves them in and puts her hand back out.

While I was brushing my teeth my daughter showed me a white pill-like object in her palm. My heart beat rapidly until she said, “Look, they turn white!” Then she popped the half eaten Tic-Tac back in her mouth.

So, thank you Mrs. Junior Church Teacher. [That's said sarcastically in case you didn't catch it.] You know who you are!