Thursday, July 16, 2009

J is for jeu



... et mon jeu préféré? c'est le ping-pong!

jeu = game

there are two tables in the park right around the corner from our house, and a few weeks ago, knox surprised me with our very own set of paddles and bright yellow balls. aww, i couldn't have asked for a sweeter guy! i almost feel bad about smoking him every game...

still life with ping-pong


knox waits patiently for the table to open up


LB channeling the god of pong


working on his moves

now i'm no hotshot, but i can hold my own once i've warmed up. knox, on the other hand, did not have a table on his porch as a kid nor did he grow up in a family of ping-pong enthusiasts (by the way... dad, what ever happened to the god of pong??) but he has made incredible progress after only a handful of games and is a lot of fun to play with. there are some other great players in the 'hood, including the 4-ft-tall, lightening-fast french kid we met and each played yesterday. THAT was humbling!


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