It always warms my heart to watch and listen to a child
laugh. Jackson laughs a lot. Some of the things Jackson laughs at might
not make one laugh, but because his laugh is contagious you can’t help but
laughing alongside him.
One of things Jackson hysterically laughs at is playing a
game of boo. Not to be confused with
peek-a-boo, you have to actually hide yourself behind a wall or something. Jackson will actually lead you to where he
wants you to pop out of, then he will run the other direction, and come back so
you can jump out at him. The louder you
say boo and the more you can startle him the better. When you surprise really good he will fall to
the ground and they hysterically laugh.
This game keeps his attention for at 30 minutes and if he had it his way
he would play it longer. Now that his
sign language has improved he will sign “More, Please!” which makes it hard to
resist. I incorporated the boo game with swinging. He absolutely loves this. With the indoor swing the game is much easier
because you can hide behind the wall or door across the hall. Here is a video snip-it of that. Sorry for
the lack of light:
Another game Jackson enjoys laughing hysterically at we call
“Get-cha”. My sister-in-law started this
with him and he has in-listed in me to play this with him when she is not
around. He laughs much harder when
Tricia plays with him, however our games of “Get-cha” are little
different. Tricia will turn Jackson
upside down while kissing all over his neck. The two of them feed off each other’s
laughter. It is so freaking cute. My game of “Get-cha” is a little different. Jackson lies down on the floor and signs
“More”. Then I crawl or creep towards
him saying “I’m gonna Get-cha!” and I lie on top of him and try to get kiss all
over his neck. He likes the deep
pressure of me lying on top of him and he also likes the tickles on his
neck. Sometime I blow a big zerburt on
his belly. When you play this game with Jackson, you have to hold his hands
down because he gets so excited he pulls your hair. We are really working on trying to keep him
from doing that, but it is hard because there are so many triggers. Man he can pull you hair hard. As soon as he pulls the hair, the game is
over and it is hard to end because he keeps signing “More, more” and even
though it is cute I don’t want to enforce that behavior.
Jackson also laughs at people when they sneeze or blow their
noses. I never thought of this to be
funny, but after thinking about it…why wouldn’t it be funny. Think about it, when you sneeze you can’t
control facial expression and most of the time you probably look like a cartoon
character. I am one of those rapid fire sneezes;
they are very quiet and come in 6’s or more.
People have made fun of my sneezes since I was young, but I can’t change
it. When I blow my nose it is usually
just a quiet, you don’t typically hear it.
Last night after dinner I had a rapid fire sneeze fit to which Jackson
laughed at. I grabbed a tissue and
started to blow my nose. Jackson pointed
at me with a smile, so I asked him if he needed a tissue. He nodded yes, so I handed him one. He took the tissue, held it up to his nose,
and then started blowing into the tissue making sounds affects imitating his
interpretation of how to blow his nose.
Sara and I laughed hysterically and with iPhone nearby took video. We welcome imitation in our house with open
arms. Here is the video:
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