Balloon Children

Rachel has lately been obsessed with balloons. She is constantly blowing up blue balloon after blue balloon, obviously we don't have a variety pack. Each of these balloons are then brought to me to be tied, which I do on the first try more often then not. :P At this point, the balloons are then ready to be brought to life by Rachel's hand and some obliging markers. Our house is now filled with Mother Balloon, Father Balloon, and their many, many children!! :) I had forgotten how fun it is to play the "keep the balloon off the ground for as long as you can" game. Ah...the simple pleasures of life. Isn't childhood wonderful?

The secret is that such simplicity and enthusiasm and enjoyment in something that seems like "nothing" does not have to end. Why do adults always labor for that which is of no worth? The world is rich and full all around us. Discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes but in seeing with new eyes.

P.S. Don't you just LOVE today's date??

10.20.2010

And if you're European and write day/month/year: 20.10.2010

P.P.S. And yes I do have to give a shout out to water balloons!! :D

P.P.P.S. Yes, Catherine, I will always be jealous that you were in the world's largest water balloon fight. :P