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a barbeque

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Today we went to a barbeque. Kenny enjoyed the day, but perhaps he enjoyed nothing more than .. helium?

The event was put on by the Tokyo Canadian Club, and hosted at the residence of the Canadian ambassador (though the ambassador didn't attend). It was a networking event, more than anything, and while there were things for the older children to do there wasn't much for young kids like Kenny and we spent most of our time entertaining him. One treat was a helium balloon.

Naturally, I couldn't let that go without, at the end of the day, showing Kenny the effect that helium has on your voice.

He *loved* it. Hearing me speak with a different voice clearly surprised him because he looked at me like the whole world was going upside down. But then he started to laugh and asked me to do it again and again.