world cup futures

[vaznetti]

The background: Spartacus is really good* at playing with and especially kicking around a ball (any ball -- tennis ball, football, really anything that will roll). His footballing skills are something of a family joke, actually, and so, perhaps inevitably after the way England v Algeria went last night and Spartacus' who-cares-about-the-puppy-where's-my-ball act this morning, we have the following:

BH: Are you going to be England's great hope? Are you going to save the England team from humiliation someday?
me: Will you be a striker...
BH: or a midfielder?
me: Or will you play defense and headbutt people?
Spartacus, cheerfully: Headbutt people!

*Good for a 21-month-old, anyway. So, you know, perfectly plausible for England these days.

Comments

[monanotlisa]

*ggg*

[elishavah.livejournal.com]

::snorts:: That only works if he looks away from the ball!

(I have some pics for you. Will try to get at least those done this weekend.)

[vaznetti]

He looks away from the ball if you offer him a biscuit! Sometimes, anyway.

[fourteenlines.livejournal.com]

ADORABLE!

[vaznetti]

Today's amusing anecdote: he melts down when I take a library book out of his hands to stop him from ripping out the first page. The title of the book? Managing Your Toddler's Behavior.