Clap Your Hands When You Wake Up! :)

As adults, we get stressed out and bogged down by a myriad of challenges at work and at home. There are so many things to handle! Deadlines to meet, children to discipline and coach, bills to pay, groceries to buy and the list goes on and on! Often, we wake up reluctantly, feeling utterly grouchy, grumpy and gloomy. Oh, the Monday Blues that hangover till Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and then, the weekend flashes by like a flash of lightning and disappears before we enjoy the weekend. 

I am no exception. Waking up early is a painful thing. I need lots of sleep, uninterrupted sleep. I am not a morning person and waking up in the mornings to get things done makes me quick-tempered and sulky. 

However, I am blessed to have a change in attitude towards waking up and facing the day. I believe that many of us know the children's song called "If You're Happy and You Know It". I have always found the song rather irritating in that it would repeat itself endlessly and the children would shout at the top of their voices while screaming out the lyrics of this song. 

Now, I understand the 'essence' of this song. Really, if you're happy and you know it, CLAP YOUR HANDS. Go on! Just do it! 

My son starting learning how to clap his hands properly at about 7 months old. At about 8 to 9 months, he would wake up, sit up on his mattress and CLAP HIS LITTLE CHUBBY HANDS while wearing a SUPER BIG AND AWESOMELY CUTE GRIN on his HANDSOME LITTLE FACE. 

It made my morning and my day!

Yes! Waking up to a brand new day is a gift. It's a blessing. It's definitely something to be happy about! It's a brand new day! O, Happy Morning, Yo!! 

Thank you, precious boy, for teaching mummy that waking up and being alive is truly a happy thing. Giving thanks for being able to see another day and to be healthy, strong and alive! 

So, everyone, here goes! SING WITH ME!!
If You're Happy and You Know It

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands (clap clap)If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands (clap clap)If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show itIf you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. (clap clap)
If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet (stomp stomp)If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet (stomp stomp)If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show itIf you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet. (stomp stomp)
If you're happy and you know it, shout "Hurray!" (hoo-ray!)If you're happy and you know it, shout "Hurray!" (hoo-ray!)If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show itIf you're happy and you know it, shout "Hurray!" (hoo-ray!)
If you're happy and you know it, do all three (clap-clap, stomp-stomp, hoo-ray!)If you're happy and you know it, do all three (clap-clap, stomp-stomp, hoo-ray!)If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show itIf you're happy and you know it, do all three. (clap-clap, stomp-stomp, hoo-ray!)