Miles' Games

Miles is so inventive these days! He has so many little games that he likes to make up and play. Over the weekend, he was lining up shape toys in a line for a net; then he gave me a shape (circle) and him a shape (circle) and we were to hit a ball with the shape as if it were a racket over the line of shapes. He wanted to play tennis! He plays bowling and golf too, although golf and tennis are a lot alike in his world. He's into taking pictures on Ahmad's old digital camera and gets such a thrill out snapping that perfect shot! Although, the majority of them have his fingers in front of the lens. He is on a tickle kick and loves being tickled! He always has, but more so these last few days again. He holds our lips closed and asks if we want a snack and then when we try to respond, we can't! It's hilarious! Then it's his turn and we hold his lips closed and do the same. He cracks up! He also has started holding my eye lids down and having me try to open my eyes. Then he makes me do it to him too. Too funny! When he's learning something new, he goes through the list (of items or whatever he's learning) time and time again until he can remember every last thing on the list or page. He's also recently into Stop signs and loves looking for them. He's realizing there are "ABCs" on the sign too and has identified all the letters. Every now and then he gets it right, but when I asked him tonight to spell Stop for daddy, he said TSOP. Almost! Another funny thing he does is say "Obama" as if it's a bad phrase or word. He knows who Obama is when he sees him and says President Obama. He also calls the flag the "Obama Flag". But, when he talks about his friends at school, he often says "Obama Austin" (one of his friends at school or he'll use another friend's name)! Or he'll walk up to us and say "Obama" as if it's an insult. Not sure where that comes from, but it's kinda funny. Often we get home from school before Daddy is home from work, but if Daddy is home first and I ask Miles what he thinks Daddy is doing, he usually will say cooking. When I ask him what he's cooking, he'll usually say eggs. Then sometimes he'll add pizza on to that. Tonight he wanted to help Daddy cook the eggs. :) He's just so full of ideas these days...can't wait to see what he comes up with next!