What's So Funny?

Laughter can be so contagious. Today we went to the supermarket to buy a few things for Amy's birthday "tea party". Beth and Amy headed straight for one of the shopping "cars". They love to sit together in the front of the car and pretend to drive with the little steering wheels, beeping the horns as we turn the corners. This seating arrangement can sometimes be a recipe for disaster, with cries of "Amy's sitting on MY half of the seat" or "Mommy, Beth's beeping MY horn! Tell her to stop it!" That behaviour results in both parties being immediately ejected from the car, so today they buckled themselves in with promises to be "really, really good".

And they were. There were no shouts and no temper tantrums. For some reason, they really got along well up there today. They sang songs and told stories. Then, as we headed toward the check-out lines, they started laughing.

I mean really, really laughing. I don't know what they were laughing at, but they were absolutely hysterical. Erin was sitting way up front with me, and she heard the boisterous giggles from below. She started laughing too. After a while, I couldn't help myself, and I started to chuckle as well. I noticed people all around us pointing at the girls and starting to laugh. While we stood in the check-out line the girls continued the hilarity. By this time Erin had started to bounce in her seat and clap her hands at the drama. The woman in front of us burst out laughing, as did the girl at the register.

Sometimes it's fun to laugh for no reason. I still don't know exactly what we were laughing at today. But it sure was funny.