One of the secret joys of having kids...
Is that they listen, and give fantastic facial expressions, while and after you tell incredibly corny jokes.
Yeah, I just had one of those moments.
Monday January 29, 2007 at 7:41am
Trading Cards
Baseball, Yugioh, and now, football. My kids are getting into trading cards.
Most prized cards - Yankees in baseball and Steelers in football. I don't know where I'm going wrong with these kids rooting for the Yankees and all, but it's a bit of a disappointment. Rooting for the Steelers is completely expected in this area, especially after last year's success. They've reached the age where they think it's funny to root against my team - the Chicago Bears - so I've given up for now trying to get them to root for them.
It's like a time capsule watching them pour over these cards. I still have some of my baseball cards when I was a kid, and they were always prized possessions. My daughter likes looking at them - those players are from the old days! Yet Johnny Bench, Willie Mays, Tom Seaver, Lou Brock... those are just names to her. Where's Babe Ruth, and Joe Dimaggio? Cursed Yankee education, who's giving her those names?
Last week my wife bought each of the kids a binder and the plastic trading card holder sleeves. They both spent time this weekend carefully putting their cards in the order they felt was appropriate, and then fitting them into the sleeves. Our six year old likes to review his Yugioh cards every afternoon anyways, it seems, so this makes it easier for him.
Funny how much things can continue from generation to generation.