Makes Me Laugh!

Eli got his first basketball hoop from Aunt Jennifer for Christmas when he was 9 months old. It was a Leapfrog toy that said the alphabet letters or counted after you made a shot. Eli played with it all the time, but he mostly just pushed the button inside the basket to hear the letters and numbers instead of actually throwing the ball in there. He got a Little Tikes basketball hoop for his 2nd birthday. While Jake (who is 3 months younger than Eli) perfected his jump shot, Eli only used this hoop as something to decorate with bugs and other animals. The Christmas before he turned 3, Eli received a little Leapfrog basketball hoop that hangs on a door handle called 100 hoops. Again, this toy was loved by many, but Eli preferred pushing the button to count to 100 over actually trying to make a basket. When Noah turned 2, he got a new basketball hoop. Here is Eli today.

This child (who did not have school on Friday and has this whole week off) spent most of the morning playing by himself in his room. I asked him if he felt like he was getting sick to which he replied, "no, I just miss school". Later, I sat down to check my email, and I had a message from Baby Center. The subject was "Your 5-Year Old...Gimme Space".