future NBA star?

Actually, I hope not. I'm not a big fan of professional basketball (although I do love me some college hoops!)

For Christmas our family got a pair of nerf basketball hoops from Lincoln and Tracey. Z made short work of chewing the basketball to pieces (my fault for leaving it at his level overnight) but luckily we have some cloth squishy balls that are the perfect size.

At first Z was terrible! He couldn't get the ball anywhere near the hoop and would say, "help" until we put him on our shoulders so he could "dunk" it.

Imagine my surprise when today he was sinking shots like a professional! He and daddy must have been working harder than I thought! Z kept saying, "I did it!" and then would run over to give me double high-fives. He also says, "ball in hoop" over and over. Or, "so close!" when he misses (even if it's not remotely close to being a basket!) What a clever little monkey we have!