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April 24, 2006
B-Ball in da Neighborhood
Today was the official beginning of basketball season for Tim and Joanna. Each spring--after Pittsburgh has thawed out--we go down to the local park for a little one-on-one. Basketball brings out an aggressive side in Joanna that she doesn't like anyone to know exists. Poor Tim gets the smack-down if he blocks too many of her shots. In extreme circumstances, Joanna employs her "Grrrrrrrrr! and shoot" technique, using Chewbacca like gutteral noises to terrify and distract Tim as he shoots.
Today, it became two-on-two as adorable little black identical twins (maybe 5 years old?) joined us on the court. They conned their way into joining our game, looking up at us with their big eyes, and sweetly asking if they could join us. Too much cuteness to resist.
One of them turned out to be very accident prone, skinning his arm along with various other body parts. It was difficult to contain them on the court--on the other side of the basketball court, very big guys were playing rough ball, and they kept on running over into the aggressive game. Wait, when did we become babysitters?
Finally, we decided that it was time to get back to our own game, so we told them that they each could have one more throw. After getting some looks of dismay, and some extra throws, one of them played the identical twin card. Looking up with his big eyes and a pitiful expression,
"I didn't get any turns! My brother got two turns!"
Joanna--always mistaken for a sucker--got wise, hehehe, you thought we couldn't tell you two apart, didn't you?
"Yes, you did. You have a skinned arm and your brother doesn't!"
After a little more discussion, he realized that we really had gotten wise to him, and he and his brother went to play with another one of their friends. We continued with our game. Joanna beat Tim at horse. Tim beat Joanna at one-on-one. We're all winners here. Yay for life!
fun | By Tim and Jo | 10:08 PM
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