Guest Blogger: Nolan vs. the Balloon

We went to Trader Joe's yesterday to pick up Nolan's favorite cereal and the nice cashier gave him a green balloon. He loved it in the store, in the car, and for the first five minutes at home. He held on tight to the string and ran around the house with a big smile. Then he let go of the string and, instead of falling to the ground like most things Nolan lets go of, the balloon floated up toward the ceiling and stayed there. Nolan followed that up with a typical "uh oh" but then all of a sudden his face crumbled and he started bawling. Something about that balloon freaked him out! Jeff took the balloon out of the room for awhile and then we tried again. Nolan took one look at it and freaked out again. Poor little guy! I thought all kids loved balloons!