Balloon Bad Luck

$10?! Seriously?!

Today Little Man and I were running errands and he was being SO patient. So when we were wrapping it up at the grocery store, I offered to buy him a balloon. When he selected the $10 Giant Turkey Balloon (this thing was BIG), I hesitated...remembering the $20 Elmo Balloon incident of 2009.

$20 Giant Elmo Head Balloon - that was The Husband's purchase. :)

We had just left the Elmo and Friends show, with the $20 Balloon, and just as we snapped Little Man into his car seat, he lets the balloon float out the window. Argh! But at least we made it to the car. I can't tell you how many of those pricey balloons we saw on the ceiling at the show.

But, I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt so we paid for the groceries and balloon and headed out to find the car. Well, Little Man thought it would be funny to hit the balloon and bop Mommy in the face! I know! So fun! On the second punch, the ribbon broke loose and the Turkey escaped. You could hear people in the parking lot saying, "Ohhhhhhh Nooooo" as Little Man helplessly watched his Turkey float away.

He asked me to go get it and I explained that there was no way to catch it. So we stood by the car and watched it until we couldn't see it anymore. He was pretty bummed.

This was the conversation on the drive home:

Little Man: "Can Santa Claus fly?"

Me: "Well, his reindeer can fly and they pull his sleigh, so yes, as long as he's in the sleigh he can fly."

Little Man: "Wow! He can fly up above the clouds and get my turkey and bring him to my house".

Me: "Um, well, the Turkey might be long gone by then."

Little Man: "I think he can."

That was pretty much the end of the conversation.

So, at Christmas, if you happen to see Santa flying around with a Turkey Balloon, point him in our direction. :D

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!