Bye Bye Ni-Night

Today Kinsley gave up her "ni-night" (pacifier)! We went and bought 3 balloons (she picked out the smiley face ones...guess she didn't know what was coming!) this morning and then took her to Buckhead Creek, tied her "ni-night" to 2 of the balloons and let them go! It didn't quite fly away at first like we thought it would, so Kinsley began to chase it and tried to catch it. Ryan had to run after it too and let it go again. Then wind finally got a hold of it and we saw it fly into the sky. Kinsley watched it and waved good-bye! Ryan then gave her a sucker when we got back to the car and she also got to keep the 3rd balloon that we had bought!

The true shock sunk in when Kinsley and I returned home. After we had been home for about 20 minutes she began to ask about her "ni-night". I reminder her that the balloon took it bye bye. She began to cry...and I mean really cry. Also, she really didn't want the balloon that she got to keep then! She didn't want to touch the balloon or be near it! I asked her if she wanted to let it go outside...she began to clap her hands and shook her head yes! So we took her 3rd balloon and let it go outside! The rest of the morning she kept telling me about the balloon and that it took her ni-night bye bye! I'm really hoping she doesn't hate balloons for the rest of her life now!