the story behind Brandon's favorite word

This is Brandon's favorite word:


It is his favorite word. other boys say 'car', but Brandon says bong-bong (Balloon) almost everyday. He looks for them outside, and especially likes pointing at them in grocery stores. He was especially excited to find a book of emma's that had balloons in them. Which is what prompted the little videos.

The story: we were at Disneyland with Lisa and Van. Everywhere we looked, we saw these large mickeymouse shaped balloons. At night time, these large, enticing balloons even had LED lights in them, making them glow attractively. Brandon, at the time, could only say, bong and not bong-bong. He would point at the balloon, look at his dad, and say, "bong", once a minute. Look at the balloon, look at his dad, and say, "bong". we didn't buy it b/c we wouldn't be able to take it home with us (helium balloons not allowed on airplanes). not to mention, it cost $12+!
We ended up getting Brandon a swirly lollipop, which he loved. Since then, he always says bong bong. To be fair, brandon always gets a bong-bong when we buy them for new babies we visit, and people give brandon balloons, too (we currently have two nice star shaped ones.)
someday, we'll buy an LED helium filled Mickey mouse balloon for him :).