Ways to Put More Laughter in Your Home!
When is the last time you belted out a good, long belly laugh with your kids? Here are easy ways to bring more fun into your family’s days.
Start on a happy note. the tone you set in the morning can make or break the day, so lighten up. Find what’s causing the major stress (you can’t find the keys, the backpack, the homework), then get organized: Use a hook on the door for the keys; leave a basket on the step for backpacks; set out lunch money the night before; plan an easier way to do breakfast.
Watch classic comedy at home. All those violent, dramatic, scary videos can wreak havoc and break down our funny bones. Check out classic comedies. Pop the popcorn, slip the disc into the DVD player and laugh together.
Buy a family-friendly joke book. Store it in the car for those long rides (or when you’re ready to pull your hair out). One kid can be the joke teller (or “house jester”), and the rest of the family can guess the punch lines.
Start a cartoon bulletin board. Cut out those cartoons, print out those funny e-mails and put them on the refrigerator with magnets. Some moms even slip copies of jokes into their kids’ lunch boxes or tape them to their bathroom mirrors or onto the kids’s doors. Fun to come home to!
(sc) contributing editor for BrowneyedBabyboutique
Add comment December 6th, 2006
