100 days of happiness

There was a social experiment recently challenging people to record things that make them happy.  For 100 days they had to post a picture on line of their happy moment, be that a night out with friends, eating a favourite meal or just sitting on the sofa at the end of a busy day.  Those who managed to complete the survey cited a huge list of benefits most of which, obviously, focused on appreciating what they had.  Sadly the majority of people didn’t complete the challenge – these sad souls were too busy to stop for just five minutes to take a picture and post it.

I haven’t taken on the challenge but the very idea of it has been on my mind a great deal the last few days.  And the main thought I’ve had is that anybody who takes the challenge and has a toddler in their life is cheating, because if you have a toddler in your life it’s impossible for your day to pass without a moment of happiness.

Today’s heart melt occurred when we were waiting outside nursery for Alby’s friend Molly.  Molly’s baby brother was in his pushchair and Alby was whispering to him as he stroked his little face.  

The one sided conversation went like this:  “Would you like to go to the park Baby Thomas?  Would you like to go to the park Little Man?  Would you like to go to the park gorgeous boy?”

How cute?  I mean really, how cute? I always call Alby my Little Man and my gorgeous boy but I’m still so shocked that he has picked up on them and used them to refer to another baby.  Bless his cotton socks.

In typical Trouble Monkey fashion, with his ego never far away, the conversation then moved on to Alby telling me how much he is a gorgeous boy too.  He then picked up a stick for himself and a stick for Baby Thomas and told me to get marching.  

I can’t share the cute whispers with you, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a bit of Alby happiness today and so I present a little clip of Alby singing along to the Thomas the Tank Engine CD which I hope puts a smile on your face.