A Small Proud Event

So last week we were sitting in our local Applebee’s and they happened to have a ‘balloon lady’ there that night making balloons for kids for a buck.  When I first saw her, I cringed for a couple of reasons.  The balloon lady is NOT needed.  We are there to eat dinner, not play.  My kids don’t need toys at dinner but I can’t say “No”. 

Side note: My better half and I have always stuck to our guns, no toys brought to restaurants or in the car.  Kids need to learn how to occupy themselves without toys, it is a vital skill in life.

Secondly, now I have to engage in conversation with the balloon lady while she blows, twists and draws on whatever balloon animals my girls request.  I don’t know this lady, she doesn’t know me,  I don’t care to know this lady and she doesn’t care to know me but she asks questions she doesn’t care to know the answers to and I have to pretend I care as well.  I can’t stand small talk.

Ok, on to the proud part.

So as we are waiting for balloon lady to mozy on over to our table my eldest (7 yrs old) took the dollar bills that I had put on the table, picked up one of the crayons that were on the table and crossed out the word “God” and wrote “Law”.  She had seen me do this in the past and we had discussed the history of “God” being put onto our currency and the reasons why it shouldn’t be on our currency.

It was a small event but one that I loved to see.  Like they say, the fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.

Doing our best to raise free thinking human beings.