The sounds of laughter

[Wiped Out]

between my two kiddos rarely happens anymore in my house but yesterday was so nice. The two played Wii together for hours. I was on the phone at one point with my good friend who knows my kiddos well. It became very loud and I apologized for the kids' background noise but told her at least it was a getting along noise-she completely understood what I meant.

difficult child was so excited-he was grinning ear to ear-he so looks up to his sister which is why he gets so hurt when she is mean to him.

I know it won't last long but yesterday for hours my children seemed like pcs!

Oh and the day before difficult child was upset and said to me, "You think I have mental issues." I told him no. I also decided that it was time to try and explain the Bipolar to him in a way he might understand.

The cool thing is easy child happened to come down the stairs and was very reasuring to him. Told him in a very mature and caring voice (is this my easy child?) it was nothing to be ashamed of and it wasn't his fault (which I had already said but coming from her it meant a lot to difficult child). I want him to try and understand things a bit so that he can start to advocate more for himself. I was able to tell easy child later how well she handled that conversation-it actually turned out to be a huge help that she was there.

 

[DDD]

Those cherished moments bring back the memory of why we got into parenting in the first place. Enjoy. DDD

 

[maril]

Good for you all! Glad to hear about the good things in others' lives. Give them both big hugs.

 

[DaisyFace]

Sharon--

What a wonderful day! Hope you get a whole lot more of them....

--DaisyF

 

[house of cards]

Yes, sweet family moments, our house is in desperate need of more of them. I'm glad you had a few.

 

[Shari]

Keep that locked away in the precious memory trunk. Judos to easy child for helping explain, too.

I love the happy stories.

 

[klmno]

I hope you journal that day!! Enjoy!!

 

[KTMom91]

I love hearing happy noises! So glad it was a good day!

 

[flutterby]

I'd definitely journal it.

I'm so glad they had a nice time together.

 

[Star*]

I love angel moments - Laughter is the souls way of getting rid of bad karma.

I'm happy for you - VERY happy!



and thanks for sharing a good moment. I needed that visual!

 

[Fran]

Enjoy it. I love the sound of my son's and husband laughing hard together. It's got to be music to your ears.

 

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Thanks everyone! It is a day I will definitely remember. Overall, today was another decent day, definitely not as nice as yesterday but easy child and difficult child played a bit before easy child started cheating (geesh) and difficult child said he didn't want to play anymore. I wasn't home but husband said difficult child actually handled it well, didn't get real angry or anything, just stopped playing. For him that is huge.