oh laughing, how I enjoy you

So my friend Julie has been cracking me up with “Hey Girl” pictures of Ryan Gosling on her blog recently. I’ve showed them to Chris, laughing as I read them. He looked at me like I’m crazy. I don’t have a crush on Ryan…I do have a crush on Chris, but nonetheless they make me laugh…here’s one:

Julie sent me this yesterday:

In the midst of a lot of serious yesterday, she made me laugh at loud (so did a lot of you).  Not in my wildest dreams would have I ever expected all your comments yesterday. I read them all. Each and every one. I’m speechless. Reading your words felt like I was reading notes written to someone else. Thank you.

Late in the afternoon I was playing hide-n-seek with the kids. I hid by the front door and noticed a package on the front steps…a very cutely wrapped package. The game stopped and the gift came inside…Star Wars sheet set and a vintage Wonder Woman costume. There was happiness abounding in our home.

If I had that mask a day sooner I could have really lightened up yesterday’s post with a photo.

Hands down the best noise on the planet in my book is the sound of my kids laughing together. Nothing beats the sound of it. Every muscle in my body relaxes, every toy strewn about disappears, every ‘to do’ isn’t so important…seriously, what did I do for entertainment before I had kids?

Thank you Steve Jobs for Mac Photobooth. It has provided my family years and years full of fun and laughter.

Laughter is good for the soul.

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve!!!! I’m working on a post for tomorrow, but I probably won’t be posting much next week. I’ll return to normal weekday posting in the new year…