Jessica got a balloon at school yesterday. Today, Jacob was playing with it and brought it back to Jessie afterwards. She took the balloon and then immediately said, "Eeeeeeewwwww!!! You slimed it Jacob! That's gross! It's your balloon now because you did that! It was my special balloon, but now it's yours because you got slime all over it. Gross!!" or something to that effect. She gave the balloon back to Jacob, and he said, "Thank you, Jessica!" with a big smile on his face, so innocent as to what he had unknowingly accomplished. As I sat there witnessing this whole transaction, it was all I could do to keep from laughing. I wanted to laugh at Jessica's reaction to Jacob's slime, that she would actually give up her precious balloon because of it, when she has experienced sliming much worse than that before. I especially wanted to laugh because Jacob had managed to get a balloon out of a little slime, and he didn't even know what he had accomplished. If he only realized, he could do it on purpose any time Jessica had something he wanted. Of course, I'm not going to point that out to him. But if Jessica's not careful, she may end up learning the hard way not to overreact to things.
Well, after this interchange between the two, Jacob happily ran off with his new balloon. Not even a minute later, he fell and landed on the balloon, and this is what it now looks like:
Easy come, easy go! :-)
P.S. If you didn't already notice it, I figured out a way to make it easier to distinguish between Jeremy or I posting on our blog or commenting anywhere. I created another sign-in, so I am now Tamster (subject to change). I may still end up using JerBear & Co. on occasion, and if I do, I will specify that it is me. If not specified, in the future just assume that it is Jeremy. If anyone has a better idea of a name for me, you are welcome to make suggestions. Aside from just saying Tami, Tamster was the best thing I could think of; it was a nickname some friends had used for me when I was younger, but it's nothing I'm stuck to. :-) Tami
3 comments:
Great story! I like that Jacob thought that Jessica was being sooo nice! Did he or Jessica cry when the balloon popped?
I like the idea of you having your own name. Here are some of my ideas...
Tami x 3, or Triple T
Tamilda
Tam Tam
Tamporary or Tamporarely (?) something
Or Tamster is good too!
Thanks for the suggestions. I'd be a little hesitant about the last ones--sounds too much like something used at a particular time of the month. Tam Tam would be along the lines of BonBon! :-)
As for your ? I was actually surprised that there wasn't more crying involved. Maybe a little whimpering, but not really crying. I guess she'd already resigned herself to the fact that it wasn't hers anymore anyway. (Or maybe secretly she was glad because then he couldn't have it either. Hehehehehe!!! [sinister laugh]) They got over it pretty quickly. :-) Tami
Jacob I think probably just thought it was funny. He kind of likes popping balloons.
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