Minnesota couple Joe and Leela Krummel made one bold AF move when they handed over the sealed card — and, yes, the sole card — their doctor gave them containing the gender of their baby to a local balloon store.
The soon-to-be-parents entrusted a “confused employee” to put together an ~adorable~ (and arguably simple enough) gender reveal, according to InsideEdition.com.
But turns out the whole “please fill a box with either pink or blue balloons depending on the note” wasn’t as easy as the Krummels had hoped.
In front of 30 of their closest family and friends, the couple of nine years geared up to open the box.
“1…2…3…”
And BAM! Out flew blue balloons…and pink balloons…and yellow, and red, and green, and the whole rainbow.
And Leela was piiiissssed. Just look at her face:
Luckily, the day was saved — and the balloon store only slightly pardoned for its mix-up — when the couple discovered the original card hiding at the bottom of the box. Talk about anticlimactic.
But in an attempt to cheer up the couple, family and friends put together, what I’d like to call, “Gender Reveal: Act 2.” HuffPo Parents reports that the Krummels’ nearest and dearest filled the box with as many blue balloons and household items they could find and filmed the two opening the box once more.
Lesson learned: don’t ever trust a balloon store–or any local store for that matter–with prized medical information. Oh, and don’t ever do a gender reveal…twice. It doesn’t get any more exciting for those watching, like me and now you and that little kid trying to steal the show and, honestly, probably those family and friends who were so over standing outside in that crisp fall air.
Also… gender is a social construct. Bye!
Originally appeared on Cosmopolitan.com