I think I can fly!

Seriously, I know I always say "and it was the cutest thing", but they ARE!! Every last one of them!!

Riley did another one of his "cutest things" yesterday! It was a BEAUTIFUL day outside, so we went to the playground by our house. For whatever reason, I decided we'd take his big ball to play with, so we could chase it around the playground. When we got there a Dad and his 2 kids were shooting baskets, so it became a full time job trying to keep Riley from joining them! You know he's ALL about basketball these days with his favorite pastime of dunking!! So he'd keep running toward them saying "ball", and I'd keep catching him and trying to distract him with his own ball!

When they left, I just let Riley go onto the basketball court to see what he'd do! I almost FELL over laughing when I saw this next scene play out before my eyes. Riley took off running toward the basketball court with his big ball, and I swear to God - he ran all the way to the farthest basketball goal and threw his ball up like he was shooting a layup!! OMG! I had NO idea he'd have no concept of "height", so he literally "shot baskets" for another HOUR straight! And he was showing no signs of stopping anytime soon! In fact, before long every person at the playground was cheering him on and totally getting a chuckle out of watching him run and shoot at the basket over and over again! It never got old! Sometimes he would stand right under the basket and hold his head back and look straight through the basket and then grunt as he threw the ball up! I held him up a couple of times so he'd be closer and he let out the biggest squeals of delight! I think he could have done it ALL NIGHT!!! Finally I had to bring him home (kicking and screaming of course) for dinner!

Kelly and I took him back for some more action today. Plus, I think Kelly doubted me, so he had to see it for himself! It wasn't as nice out today, so you'll see his rosy red cheeks!! But that didn't deter him at all!

This 1st video is what Riley did right as we put him down. I wanted to capture that he's a man on a mission when there is a basketball goal around! I love the fact that he does his "victory dance" whether he makes it or not too! When Kelly picks him up so he can be higher - listen closely - and you'll hear him say "dunk".



This is Riley taking it COAST to COAST baby and shooting a layup! ;) This court is at an elementary school, so it's small and has 4 goals. You can tell



Riley taking a ride on Dad's Basketball Ride - when the video first starts - you can hear one of Riley's infamous "Daddy's" with total excitement! He may be a Mamma's boy, but he LOVES his Daddy!