Mommy...Tiga!!!

When Matthew was born some good friends of ours brought this gigantic tiger to the hospital as a gift for Matty. This life size tiger was about 88 times larger than my newborn baby and I thought to myself, "Cool, but what am I supposed to do with that?"
Well, fast forward 2 years later and Matty has discovered this larger than life tiger and has decided it is better than a bowl of ice cream. I guess these friends of ours knew exactly what they were doing when they decided to purchase an enormous tiger for a baby that could not even hold his head up, they were thinking, "He is going to love this when he is 2 years old."




Matthew incessantly tells me about his tiger, or as he calls it "Tiga". He is constantly pointing out his tiger to me, "Mommy....tiga!!"


The other night I asked him if he wanted me to take a picture of his tiger and he very enthusiastically tried holding the tiger up for the camera.

For a 2 year old this tiger is quite heavy, he has a heck of a time moving it around, but he loves his tiger so much he grunts and groans until he moves it to where he wants it.

Usually though he just throws it on the ground and pounces.

This kid is so tough he can wrestle a tiger to the floor!!

A little boy and his tiger....it is a beautiful thing.