Alison got a helium balloon at the grocery store today. We hadn't planned to buy one but she left the store with one anyway. At Kevin's company picnic they were giving the kids helium balloons, but Alison couldn't have one. They were latex balloons and we don't let her have stuff with latex. So Kevin told her he would buy her a balloon at the store. She didn't really say anything about it last week, but today, she said she wanted one and daddy had said he would buy her one. So now she has a pretty orange and pink butterfly balloon.

As of right now, she's been playing with her balloon for almost 25 minutes. The ribbon is just long enough for her to be able to reach it by herself when she lets go and it floats back up to the ceiling. So that's what she's been doing....letting go, letting it float up to the ceiling and then snatching it back down again. Sometimes she'll take it and put it on the floor and say "stay on the floor, balloon." But as soon as she lets go, up to the ceiling it goes again, and she doesn't quite understand why.