Saturday, January 21, 2012

Mama Loves: Balloons

Welcome to another week of Mama Loves! So glad that you've stopped by!

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Manic Mother


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Here's a few great things you should check out!
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Our girls love balloons.

They only first saw/experienced a balloon for the first time at a birthday party.

Just look at our little Brynne's face! That's what I call a party!


If that isn't pure delight, I don't know what is.

When I was a little girl, my grandparents used to get us those punching balloons. You know. The ones that are attached to a rubber band. You hold the rubber band, and punch the balloon. 

So, I found some of those and bought them right up. They were stocking-stuffers for our girls.

Yeah. They love those punching balloons:


See? Brynne is making almost exactly the same face!


Hadley loves them too.

Here are some of the great things about punching balloons:
  • they are sturdy--it takes a lot to pop these
  • when the air gets low, you can untie them, and air them back up
  • the best part is that they are cheap--I got a set of two for $1.50
I do recommend supervision. Our girls don't play with these without supervision.

Lots of supervised fun for $1.50. Totally worth it!

Can't wait to see what you're loving!






5 comments:

MandyE (Twin Trials and Triumphs) said...

My girls are a year older, and I think I'm feeling kinda negligent that they've never played with balloons! HA! I remember those punching balloons from when I was little, too. We'll have to check them out...thanks! :) :)

Sara said...

Great idea! Will definitely check those out, too!

Amanda said...

Glad I just discovered your blog! I will have to play along with Mama Loves next week. My twins love balloons too- especially ones that don't POP, so I will have to find some of those! You can follow me back at http://thelittlelilypad.blogspot.com

Corinne Ritz said...

Growing up we always got these in our Easter Baskets! On Easter Sunday we would always end up in a 'punch balloon fight' - great for getting energy out after church:) Myself and my siblings have carried on that tradition and all our kids get punch balloons in their Easter Baskets! FUN!

Once Upon A Time said...

Those photos are awesome! Time to go buy some balloons... now that my duo is old enough not to try to sink their teeth into them. :)