If there's one thing that puts the shine of being a father it's making your kids laugh. It's a truly magical thing - especially when they're little. There's a video on our facebook timeline from about 2 years ago of me making Jamie laugh by having him punch me in the face (I know, what a truly irresponsible thing to teach a child to do) but he thought this was absolutely hilarious - which overrides any requirement for sensible parenting.
It's probably my favourite piece of cinematography (I realise calling it that is a bit of a stretch, but meh). Hollywood can go taking a flying f***, it'll never produce anything as entertaining for me as that two minute video.
Anyway, last night, his little brother giggled for the first time - and only very briefly, but it was enough to make me gasp and forgive the last three months of dirty nappies. What prompted this post was I just got a text from my wife telling me he'd just done it for her as well, so it seems that the giggle ferry has arrived and now the search for things he finds amusing begins - I suspect more face punching will be involved.
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