sports...

Last summer, when Benjamin was close to turning 2 he was very interested in basketball...shooting the ball through the hoop and running and dribbling it down the court. We would watch the big boys play at the park. He would find things to shoot his balls through at home... over the grill, the clothes line, the table outside, the TV inside the house... His interest in basketball was huge so... for his birthday, we bought him a hoop designed to grow with him as he gets taller. It seems that from the moment he started to walk and follow a ball he started to kick it (soccer?) At his Nanny's house he started to play a game that they called "stick ball" and loved that as well! He would hit a small ball on the ground with a stick (sounds like golf to me!) We haven't bought him a set of golf clubs yet... His older cousin Marissa introduced baseball to him...and he talks about it all the time. Ya gotta love the beginnings of sports playing!