Play Ball

Joe has taken Nicholas outside to play ball a few times and what started as throwing or kicking the ball around has morphed into a game involving climbing up two 4-5 ft hills and kicking the ball up and down the hills. And Nicholas loves this so much that "go outside play ball" has become his second most frequent request. (Still lagging behind "go park see choo-choos.")

This evening I joined them for their fun.
Here Nicholas is at the top of one hill, getting ready to kick the ball down to Joe:

From 2011 May

And the kick:

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The little boy actually has pretty good form. Too bad that this time he missed the ball:

From 2011 May

We also did a little tossing or kicking the ball back and forth.

From 2011 May

Nicholas is pretty good at throwing, but not so good at catching.

I was really impressed with how much Nicholas improved on climbing up and down the hills even just in the course of one evening. When we first went out he went up on all fours and basically fell into Joe at the bottom of the hill. By the end of the evening he was walking up and down with very controlled and deliberate steps, with only the occassional fall.

I also caught a picture of Nicholas practicing his new skill of putting his hat on by himself. Joe taught him the trick a couple weeks ago and he is so proud of himself:

From 2011 May

And of course there were airplanes overhead, trucks and motorcycles on the Beltway.

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Do you think Nicholas had fun today?

From 2011 May

From 2011 May