Throwing Cans

If there is one thing I have come to understand as a mother it is that anything can be turned into a toy. A few months or so back, Critter was very interested in lids - taking them off, putting them back on and repeating twenty times. When I used up the breadcrumbs, I washed out the tin and put it in his room in hopes of gaining five minutes of uninterrupted self-entertainment.

This morning he discovered another way to use it - throwing it. Now this comes as no surprise because he has a tendency to throw everything like a ball. We are working on what can be thrown and what cannot, but that is not the point. Normally, he would throw said item (if it wasn't a ball), realize it wasn't bouncing or rolling and then move on to something else. When he threw the can, it boingggged on the carpet. He laughed and thought that was the greatest noise.

After a few minutes I realized that the grandparents, aunts and uncles might want to see this so I grabbed the camera and tried to get him started on it again. It isn't quite as good as the organic realization and throwfest, but when he tries to get behind the camera to see the video it pretty much makes up for the re-creation.