B is for Balloons

       Since Michael Faraday's invention of balloons while experimenting with various gases in 1824, the world has chosen balloons as a fun party addition.    What is so thrilling about the low cost inflatable, flexible bag?  Whether you fill them with plain ole air, helium, or water you instantly create a rollicking party atmosphere.

        Let's face it!  Balloons are fun! Once my children arrived on the scene balloons became a decoration staple at my house.  I always blow up oodles of balloons to celebrate birthdays at my house.  I string them up from the kitchen fan, have them dangling from the ceiling, and a slew of them can be found rolling around on the floor.  I believe the more balloons the better!  I love balloons!  I can't resist batting them about.  Kids sit on them.  People use them for games at carnivals and throw darts at them.  We blow them up only to lose our grips and let them fly around the room.  We chase them!  They cause contagious smiles. 

       In the summer we fill them with water and throw them watching them explode with glee when they hit their target showering the person with a burst

of wet. This winter the kids and I filled balloons with water and food coloring and left them out to freeze in the f frigid temperatures overnight.  The next morning we peeled away the balloons and had cool ice marbles to play with!  What better to celebrate this years A-Z kickoff and the letter B that a big bunch of balloons.