Four little monkeys

In kindergarten, Marco struggled with being the odd man out of a trio of sports-loving best friends in his class.  I tried to explain that those boys were best friends at home just like he and Nikos, so he had to understand that they'd been friends longer.  (I left out that the 'cool' boy is the youngest of six kids and probably just 'slightly' more awesome than you.)

Well... two of the boys left Marco's class this year.

On the first day of school, Marco tore into the house and yelled, "Mom!  You're never going to believe it.  Guess what happened?  I'm Rowan's best friend now!"

Such a heartbreaking, and yet, successful turn of events.

So... here's Marco and his new best friend at the Parish picnic:.

Hood Rat

"A map of my favorite things in my neighborhood."




(note the pool)

Gum

"Picture of my cousins running to my gum ball machine"



And maybe proof that were not raising an artist.

Gooooals!

Soccer is well underway and what Marco lacks in agility and grace, he makes up for in speed and wicked strong legs.  If he can get there and get square, he kicks it.  Far.

Last week, we saw the first indicator that maybe he's not too lazy for soccer after all.  He scored two goals - one from midfield.  He insists on telling people that he scored three.  I'm encouraging him not to show off about the one in the opponent's goal.

Contrary to these photos, things are looking up on the soccer front.

Giant Fans

Yes, we're still Giants fans.

Stricken with guilt about not taking Marco to a Giants game this season, I panicked and booked one for two nights before school started.  Or, so I thought.

It ended up being the week after school started, so we trekked to the City with a very tired fan ready to see the "Bomb" pitch.  It was a great game with a near no-hitter and two Posey homeruns. 

Giants game 2014?  Check!

Here's the proof: