Future Tennis Player (or Badminton?)

To the uninformed, this may look like a magnifying glass.  Or, perhaps, you were simply wondering what on earth it is?

I, the misguided Mom, picked it up at the toy store a couple weeks ago when they were having their big anniversary sale.  I thought the kids would get a kick out of wandering around and inspecting objects up close.  They did, for a couple days.  They got big laughs out of looking at thumbs, food, and hair under the magnifying glass.

Today, however, this toy was commandeered and repurposed by my 2 year old boy child.  He discovered that when he combines this toy with a nice plastic ball he can achieve bliss!  He has quite the swing.  He pops the ball in the air with one hand, swings back with the other hand, and then, with grace, (no I'm not biased) he sends the ball flying.  Sometimes he even throws in a little swing of his leg for some extra pizazz.

I think he's going to make a great tennis player!