Apologies for the long break in posting - Milo has been busy, busy, busy, and so have we. Immediately after Milo turned 2, we decided it was time for a new adventure, so we piled into an Amtrak train for a 34-hour ride to San Francisco. Aside from the Overnight From Hell, during which none of us slept, the train ride was great, and Milo proved himself to be a delightful travel companion throughout our journey. Here are the pictures.
September and October have included sukkah building, berry picking, a wonderful trip to Minneapolis to meet Milo's newest cousin, Baby Catherine, and see Steve's side of the family, and BASEBALL. Lots and lots of baseball.
Baseball is close to religion in my family, and Milo is keeping the faith. He knows more about the game than plenty of adults we know, can sit through all nine innings with mostly rapt attention (and great enthusiasm), and will occasionally interrupt his dinner with a lively rendition of take me out to the ballgame:
We're still working on the whole not-singing-with-food-in-your-mouth thing.
Even more impressive, Milo has figured out pretty much the entire Colorado Rockies' lineup. This began after we took him to a game in July, around the same time he became obsessed with knowing EVERYONE'S name. He'd wake up in the mornings and ask me, "What the Rockies do last night?" And then we'd go through the box scores: "Tulo get a hit? Brad Hawpe get a hit? Torrealba get a home run?" He'd ask. By the end of the season, he could do this:
He's slowly accepting that the Rockies' season is over, but still having a great time playing the game himself, especially now that he has a brand new Lightning McQueen glove and an official Rockies cap!
Wow! That is phenomenal. I hope I never have to talk about baseball with him, he's going to be pretty disappointed.
Posted by: rebekah | October 19, 2009 at 02:35 PM
oh my goodness, he's brilliant!!! john says he's following in steve's footsteps in terms of memorizing sports stats, though i'm not sure that his skills started at age 2!
Posted by: chuck | October 23, 2009 at 07:18 PM
Glorious. Does he need Grandpa Freiburger's 'brick' to throw at the TV yet?
Posted by: Johnobot | October 24, 2009 at 11:23 PM