Football; Joey has shown no interest whatsoever in football - until now.  Tonight he went to bed with a football (and, of course, I mean soccer!).  For the last few days, all he wants to watch on the computer is Pele's greatest goals and so on.  He wants to wear his Brazilian shirt all the time.  Where did this come from?
I am not sure but the next door neighbour's kid, Chris, and his mate from the next street, Jack, have sent a lot of time with our two recently and we started to kick a ball around a week or so ago.  They are not the best either so it is all, a bit messy.  But Joey has really got into it.  And he is not bad!  Or, at least, he has certainly improved somewhat over the last week.  He is, of course, very fit and full of energy but he also has a decent turn of speed and really gets stuck in with his tackling - like a wee pest hanging around your ankles.  And he has started to understand the concept of passing etc.  Something which he never got in the past.
But he does need to toughen up a bit and to understand that getting the occasional knock is part of the game.