The sound of their laughter

I love, more than anything else, the sound of my children laughing. From those little giggles under their breath to the all out explosive outbursts, I love them all. Junjun has the most contagious laugh of all--when he starts giggling (for nothing at all, really--in this video, it is just me acting "surprised"), I just have to start laughing myself too.

Today we had a dinner date with our friends Alex and Bea, and their two and a half year old, Alejandro. We were all driving back together in our van, and after someone said, "oh my goodness," we all started saying "oh my" and then added something, something silly. I think it was Alex, who said, "oh my applesauce," and it all started. Henni and Alejandro started cracking up uncontrollably and repeated "oh my applesauce" over and over again, all the while gurgling such joyous sounds. Of course listening to their happy laughter, we, adults couldn't help but follow along.

Oh, how I wish them to always laugh and laugh all throughout their lives. I hope they will always find reasons to laugh, even when, or perhaps, especially when things are not perfect. Even if those reasons are as silly and irrational as "oh, my applesauce."