Went skating with the kids this weekend for Family Day. Daigoro was frustrated at first and obstinately ignored instructions from his mother, auntie A., ba-chan and gi-chan, but was starting to get it by the end.
We visited the " 'Chans" this weekend. They have a large exercise ball, about 700mm in diameter. The kids love playing with it - bouncing on it, rolling it around, running at it and bouncing off... you get the drift. I've never been a skater, really. I can stand up and make decent speed (for a newbie) but I can't stop except by a very shaky snowplow or what I call the "rapid deceleration by collision" method.
Anyway, at one point I heard gales of laughter from the other room - Daigoro was having an absolute blast with Kenshin. Daigoro came in completely out of breath. When he had recovered somewhat, I asked him what was so funny.
He replied, "I was bouncing the ball and den [sic] I rolled the ball at Kenshin and he bounced off it and den he fell down and the ball rolled on him and den I was laughing so hard even my germs were laughing."
That's descriptive gold right there.
I love to hear children laugh. I've said it elsewhere in this blog and I'm sure I'll say it again. Innocent, unforced, devoid of pretence or malice - it is a balm for my heart in troubling times.
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