In particular, she loves the character of jovial Uncle Albert who floats up in the air whenever he laughs. All visitors of Uncle Albert can join him in a tea party in mid-air, as long as they chuckle together. One word of caution: thinking of something sad will take away your flying magic.
That says everything about the magic of laughter. "It's laughing that does it, you know." This may sound easy - and it is - but it requires our own thinking. There are no licensed laughterologists. For many bedtime story times, I'd reminded my daughter to learn from Uncle Albert , "So. We can decide ourselves whether we fly or fall."
You are probably thinking that it's too early to teach her the lesson, but it isn't. I just knew somehow, after learning a painful lesson ourselves, that she understood. Alas, my wife actually ruined her car's rear bumper while backing out of a parking space tonight. We decided to buy a box of chocolate and then Jasmine helped her mom through the let-go steps.
For the next half hour, we played all sorts of games together. When Jasmine heard her mom talking about the insurance coverage, she told her mom matter-of-factly, "Hey - haven't you got the chocolate? Why are you still sad?"