Requiem for a balloon

Looks like I was a bit too enthusiastic earlier this month. Jonathan’s magical birthday balloon will be heading out with the trash tomorrow. Total time aloft – 208 days.

The downward spiral began on Saturday. I noticed that is had wandered away from it’s usual corner of the kitchen. Later in the day, I noticed it had dipped down almost to the floor near the back door.

Next, the balloon appeared to have decide to take a farewell tour of the house. It traveled from the kitchen, to the great room, up to the upstairs landing – I don’t have pictures, but it even made an appearance in each of the upstairs bedrooms.

After being led back downstairs, the balloon came to rest in the playpen. We can’t have it wandering around the house – when it gets down to Jonathan’s level, he likes to grab it and bite it, and it’s just not safe. And when it wanders upstairs, it has a tendency to get tangled in ceiling fans. With trash day tomorrow, I think it’s time to put her down. RIP Magical Birthday Balloon. We hardly knew ye.