The beloved ball

Our downstairs neighbor gave Kai a soccer ball to "encourage him to run" - not sure what he was thinking - the little guy doesn't need any prompting for that and now he hears the pitter-patter of little feet much more as we play our version of indoor football. The ball is actually multi-purpose - acting not only as a toy but also a stuffed animal/blanket - we have to give it to Kai before he goes to sleep lest he lose it. He basically curls up around it and crashes at night - pretty darn cute...