One More First: The Olympics

I've mourned passing through all my son's firsts.  They seemed to pass by so quickly...that first smile, his first real laugh (which I have video of), the first time he rolled over and the first time he crawled, his first tooth and his first solid foods, those wonderful first steps right after his birthday...

But today I just realized I have one more first arriving tomorrow and staying for a couple of weeks.  2.0 will get to watch his first Olympic games starting tomorrow!

I remember when the Olympics were every four years and we got to have a summer games and a winter games in the same year.  I'm so happy it's not like that anymore and we get a summer games this year and in two years will have a winter games.  The summer games are my favorite.  I love to watch the swimming and the diving and the gymnastics.  It's so awesome!

Since my son is very sports minded (he's a boy after all), we watched the Olympic trials for swimming about a month ago.  He was enraptured by it, clapping when the race was over and pointing to the swimmers.  He seemed to really enjoy it.  We also watched the women's gymnastic trials and 2.0 seemed to like that as well.

I don't remember the first Olympics that I got to watch.  I remember the 1996 Olympics and I remember the games in Barcelona.  I learned to knit while watching the Salt Lake City games (ten years ago if you can believe that).

Maybe 2.0 won't remember this summer's games.  But I hope he enjoys them while he can.  It's amazing to watch athletes push their bodies and do breathtaking things.  It's going to be the best entertainment on TV for awhile.  With the exception of Hell's Kitchen and Masterchef of course...but that's another blog post.