3 year olds think I’m hilarious.

This past weekend, my sister, roommate and I dined at a fine establishment in Oshkosh to celebrate my sister’s day of birth.

So many things were going right. We had approximately 7 different waiters. Everyone was very attentive. The atmosphere was welcoming. My sister is easy to love.

She also makes me laugh harder than anyone else I’ve ever met (no offense to anyone else who has ever made me laugh…). Her humor is unbelievably genius with both real and imagined witty undertones (don’t ask me how she does it).

She got me laughing. I know this is schraaawkward and all but I literally cannot share what she said to make me laugh because it is a surprisingly embarrassing tale about a decision I once made that she resurrected at the. perfect. time. I started out with a relatively normal laugh, a laugh more on the silent spectrum that was interrupted every few seconds by me taking a breath. However, the phrase “that escalated quickly” applies profoundly to this situation. My laugh evolved from silent laughter to full-out outrageous within mere seconds. I could not reign it in. Carly and Jenna were laughing as well, though more appropriately and contained.

After about 20 seconds, I recognized that my laughter had the potential to be disruptive to other diners. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw her, staring. She wore an expression that could easily be interpreted as fear. She was three and she was unsure whether to be amused or fearful of my laughter that also could have been mistaken for weeping. Carly and Jenna noticed her staring at me as well. I mean, she had straight up turned around in her high chair to behold the debacle.

She let out a little giggle as she stared at me. Alright, that was a reasonable response. Then she pointed and said, “Momma!” She pointed at me. And said “Momma.” While she laughed. She sounded like the little tea pot on Beauty and the Beast.

As you can imagine, this made my laughter turn nearly into a roar. Like, nearly lost control of myself. Which, if you’re gonna lose control, at least let it be with laughter, amiright? I noticed her parents very intentionally did not look when she summoned their attention. I think it was probably hard for them, but they did it.

This is the funny lady herself.