Inflating balloons is a lot of fun, by mouth or not. Recently, we switched to using an electric pump. Celestine is afraid of the thing quite a lot! But she also wants to see her South America 24'' balloons blown to their absolute limit. And that little pink box is the quickest way to do it. Those balloons are made from some seriously stretchy latex: some grow much, much larger than their nominal size. So Celestine will have to hold onto her butt and onto the loudly wheezing inflation nozzle, as her toys grow to incredible sizes. Which ones have factory defects? Which ones will get grossly o...

Inflating balloons is a lot of fun, by mouth or not. Recently, we switched to using an electric pump. Celestine is afraid of the thing quite a lot! But she also wants to see her South America 24'' balloons blown to their absolute limit. And that little pink box is the quickest way to do it. Those balloons are made from some seriously stretchy latex: some grow much, much larger than their nominal size. So Celestine will have to hold onto her butt and onto the loudly wheezing inflation nozzle, as her toys grow to incredible sizes. Which ones have factory defects? Which ones will get grossly overinflated? Will our maid be able to tame the unwieldy inflator?