Paddle Up!

Oh Eli! He is a funny kid. He says funny things & has quite the knack for re-enacting things he sees from others. And apparently that goes for his shows he watches too. Good thing he only watches preschool shows! Anywho, you all know that he loves the Backyardigans. Thankfully he has added a few others to his repertoire of shows, but still loves them too. There is a specific episode on one of his DVD's that is called "Blazing Paddles." The story line is all about how the characters have to challenge Cowboy Pablo to ping pong matches in order to win back Sheriff Uniqua's paddle (because she WAS the best at ping pong before Cowboy Pablo waltzed into town....) Instead of winning the paddle back, they all lose their paddle to Pablo instead until the end when of course Sheriff Uniqua practices & wins them all back from Cowboy Pablo.

Well, A few weeks ago, Eli took a small black ball from the playroom & got a large peice of train track from the GeoTrax set. What do you think he did with it?? Starting use the track peice as a "bat" & ball or so i thought.
When i asked him if he was playing baseball, he promptly told me "No. Dese are paaddouls & i am Pablo." Translation:
"No, these are paddles and i am pablo." Here he is in action....He was so proud of himself & played this game forever! But for the record.... Pablo didn't store his paddle away in the same place as Eli...... Pablo actually had a holster..... but i guess you use whatcha got, right??