Happy New Year!!!!

2019 is here! Kids, let’s start the year with a SMILE.

TT your terrific tummy checking in. Are you kidding?  smile I don’t smile. I’ve NEVER smiled. I can’t do it.

“TT, smiling is CONTAGIOUS.“

“I hate big words. Stubb, Forget it!” 

“When we smile it’s catching. Friends relax and feel better. Our bodies release ENDORPHINS, and the HAPPIES creep up on us. Babies smile as soon as they’re born. Even blind babies smile.

Stubb, shut up. Whoops, I mean yut-up! There you go again with big dumb words.

“Kids, a smile can’t be bought, sold or stolen. It’s only good when you give it away. Don’t forget you can smile on the outside, and on the inside. The inside smile is being your OWN BEST FRIEND.”

Oh dear, TT, my terrible Talking Tummy is crying!

I want the happies, but I’m stuck. I never smile. I can’t smile. It would hurt me. All I do is EAT.

“TT, take a big breath. Squeeze your eyes shut and try.”

Now he’s sobbing. It’s not working! My mouth is stuck.

“TT, watch me. I have an AMAZING dog smile. I stretch my lips, and puff out air through my nose. POP and double POP here’s my SMILE.”

Stubb, if you can smile, I’ll try it again.

TT gurgles, squeezes, groans and finally grinds out a small smile!

My mouth is giggling. I feel like someone turned my LIGHTS on.

“Friends, think about TT grinding out his smile. It’s easy for you, and a WIN, WIN WIN for the New Year.

p.s. Take an outside or inside smile to school.

Stubb and TT