Balloons {The Ordinary Moments}

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LP and Little Man have always loved balloons. When they were tiny their eyes would light up at the sight of a balloon and they would love to hold them, bat them around the room or just watch them swaying gently on a string.

Now that they’re older they love nothing more than getting a party bag with a brand new balloon in it. They spend ages blowing it up, letting the air out, blowing it up and letting it go. They can literally spend half a day entertained by a solitary balloon.

I much prefer it when they get a balloon, blow it up, tie a knot in it and then spend time batting it around the room before forgetting about it. I normally find it weeks later, shrivelled up behind the sofa. But never tying the ballon seems to bring them so much more happiness.

Little Man went to a party last weekend and his favourite thing in the party bag was this balloon. He spent so much time blowing it up and deflating it that it’s now hardly recognisable – shrivelled up so much. But, I have never seen one little boy so happy with something so simple and these may be some of my favourite photos too.