Oh, how I love balloons

[twobrknot]

Ellie had a yellow balloon for a month or so.  It was mostly deflated.  She just accidentally popped it today.  Now she's carrying it around the house, sorrowfully announcing, "It's dead.  My balloon is dead."

Is she expecting a funeral?  It's not going to happen.

Comments

[spridco]

oh! how utterly dramatic! I giggle!

[twobrknot]

That's EXACTLY the right way to describe her! She was at the playground the other day & another mom came up to me to tell me that Ellie "says she misses her friends." I had a lot of responses that came into my mind that I didn't say like: Yeah, we're in the witness protection program or yeah, but once you bite their fingers off, they just don't want to play with you anymore. What I actually said was, "Yeah, she learned that from a movie. She's fine."

[lostlittlesoul]

"Well, we used to let her imaginary friends come along, but one day they tied all the kids to the merry-go-round and tried to start a fire in the middle. After that we decided it was best that they stay home."

Or

"It's ok. Once she teachs the lions that the other children aren't minni gazelles they can come to the park again."