Just Don't Call Him a Balloon Clown

Recently, we attended a family picnic put on by Rob's dept. in the Army. They had really gone all out with a moon bounce, face painting, a live amphibian show, tons of food and a clown making balloon animals. Alton really took an interest in what the clown was doing and decided he wanted to make balloon animals. So I did what I always do when one of the kids shows an interest in something and requested several library books on the subject. Once armed with those, he used his money to buy some animal balloons at a party store. Since then, the sound of twisting and occasionally popping are a regular part of our home atmosphere. He's gotten good pretty quickly. He's had balloon sword fights with Avery and has begun filling Alayna's room with almost any balloon animal she could want. Make no mistake however, he has made it clear over and over that he does not want to be a clown! He is only interested in making things with balloons!