Things are pretty nice here in Belgium. I gave my oldest brother's two kids some American sports gear: a mini football and a foam basball bat and rubber baseball. I think they may have to stick with soccer. Stan (5) taking a swing at a baseball invariably ends with him missing the baseball by a foot and knocking himself to the ground and Daan (6) is also not wide receiver material, and I am being generous. When they started hitting the football with the baseball bat, I decided to give up on this attempt at American sports imperialism. Daan has gotten better at soccer though, not a natural, but he has been going to soccer training and has developed some skills. Still, I ended up beating him 6-5 in our one-on-one. In his face! Afterwards he told his dad that he had not been playing all out against me.
Posted by vana0047 at September 24, 2005 03:54 AM