Balloon

Aria loves to get balloons at the grocery store. On Monday we got a balloon, but it was really windy outside and as I went to put the balloon in the car, it blew away. I pointed to the balloon as it rose higher and higher and Aria watched with big, round eyes. "The balloon blew away!" she said with thoughtful sadness. From then on, every time we got into the car Aria would say, "The balloon- it blew away. High up in the sky. Sad."

A few days later we got a new balloon at the grocery store and Aria and I made sure to keep it from blowing away. In order for her to easily put the balloon on her wrist, we tied a big loop at the bottom of it. After we put her to bed at night we went back in to check on her and found that she'd found the balloon in her room and put it on her wrist and then went to sleep. It was so cute.