A coworker of mine was working on the balloon crew for one of the balloons, so several of us from the lab met at this balloon and stayed near it for most of the balloon fiesta. At one point, I was talking with some friends near this balloon while Dale and Diane (my friend and officemate in the lab) had walked a little ways off with Adelaida. I could see them, but couldn't really see what they were doing. Abruptly, they walked back toward me, picked up Diane's bag, and said to me "we aren't doing anything!" Obviously, they had quite guilty consciences!
The three of them walked about five paces away and Diane and Dale knelt down, with Adelaida squirming between them. This is what I saw:
I walked over to them, asked what they were doing, and they both replied "Nothing!" so I walked away and let the events unfold.
A few minutes later, they let go of Adelaida and I saw this:
Dale and Diane had given Adelaida her first temporary tattoo!
Adelaida loved it, and immediately tried to put another tattoo on her left arm -- she didn't have another tattoo paper, so put the balloon trading card on her left arm to see if the image would transfer like the first one did.
The balloon image didn't transfer, but for a few happy minutes she had a balloon tattoo on one arm and a balloon trading card resting on the other arm!
We even took a picture with three versions of the same balloon: the real balloon, the tattoo balloon on Adelaida's arm, and the balloon trading card.
Adelaida spent the rest of the day, as well as Sunday and Monday and Tuesday, pointing to her arm anytime anyone said "balloon." She was pretty happy with the balloon and immediately showed her teacher at school on Monday. (The tattoo washes off with water, so Dale was careful not to disturb it at bathtime on Sunday night!)
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