B for Basketball

So we got her the ball, she could not wait to play. After her nap, we brought her down to try out her new basketball. 

Turns out that it was not as easy as she thought it would be. She only played with soft rubber balls before this, after a few knocks from the hard bouncing basketball, she was intimidated by it. As such it affected her judgement when it comes to catching the ball. She got disheartened and looked sad, whenever she missed a catch. After one miss too many, she gave up and squat down, frowning, upset with herself.

Papa distracted her by showing her how to bounce the ball.

How to hold the ball.

She was in a better mood when Papa deliberately missed a few catches dramatically, letting her know that she is ok to miss the ball.