Balloon.

This is a cute story...

Last night a woman gave Ryan and Lilly each a balloon. I tried to get Ryan to let me tie his to his belt loop, but he refused and of course a few minutes later his balloon was floating high above Greenville.

Lilly didn't object to being tethered to her balloon and clung to it all evening. Once, I looked over to see her juggling a drink, a cookie and her balloon. I tried to help her but she adamantly refused and was oblivious to the people being forced to dodge her as she traipsed aimlessly down the street.

At bedtime Lilly insisted on taking her balloon upstairs and she even got into the bathtub with it. I regret that I didn't get pictures of my sweet girl sitting in the tub surrounded by bubbles holding on to her blue Larkins on the River balloon. (Stupid camera battery didn't have a charge on it.) I wish all of you could have seen it.