Birthday Balloon

A couple weeks ago, we were in line at Safeway and Janie pointed up and yelled “ELMO!!”  Ever since then, she’s been looking for him but someone must have bought it because we never saw it again.  So, on the morning of her birthday, we went to pick up her very own Elmo balloon.  I didn’t realize how big it was until the lady blew it up.  I couldn’t turn back now since we were pot-committed so now we have a giant Elmo in our living room.  I can’t tell you how excited Janie was when I handed it to her in the store.

Here we are on the sidewalk trying to get it home.

It was a pretty ridiculous sight since the balloon was as big as her!

When we got home, I put the weight higher so that Elmo would stay closer to the ground.  It was like having Elmo walking around with her in the house.

It’s a little creepy if you ask me but she loved it.