Balloons & potential disasters

So Faith has become very interested in balloons (maybe it is the Winnie the Pooh sun shade in the car with Winne & balloons and butterflies (or as she says -bud-da-fi). What she hasn't realized is that balloons can pop or deflate, especially if they come in contact with the sharp-powerful teeth of a toddler (PS-that was the first time I referred to her as a toddle, my baby is a toddler!!!!... I think I am baby-deprived and ready for more.... haha).

Well, we went to dinner at a Mexican restaurant in Burlington (no-man's land) North Carolina. (side note-the college dance team I coach had their first team meeting tonight to kick off our preseason fun so I was out near Elon). Our waiter loved Faith and decided to giver her a balloon...









That was all fantastic until Jaws decided to puncture her balloon, which fortunately only created a hole in which helium came gushing out into her face, which looked pretty enjoyable if it wasn't a crazy gas blowing in my child's face.


We quickly removed balloon 1 from site and moved on. It was a great transition until our waiter 'felt bad' and brought balloon 2.



This was alright, since we decided it was better to teach her to bat the balloon around and create static on our heads. Nice save. That is until balloon 2 was deflated in the car by me... and how did I demonstrate this : I used my teeth. Now I know where she gets it.