meet my new best friend, george.

george is the 6 year old son of one of the college employees.  for two years i've been telling george's dad that he should bring george for a visit, as i'd heard about how cute and red-headed he is.  yesterday george came to help his dad around college.

after helping his dad, he came for a visit.  and by "visit," i mean it went something like this.

me: "we're watching olympics rowing!"
george: "i can draw that!"  [disappears to his dad's office for 10 minutes.  comes back with picture.]

pretty good, huh?!

i thanked george and he said, "i have more paper!"

i can take a hint.  it became a game - what other olympics sports could george draw?

this is shooting.  as you are probably aware, the people at the top are spectators, the guy in green is the referee blowing his whistle, and the other two are in the competition.  the bottom guy is saying "oh no" because he shot too low.  those enormous red and green blobs are the bullets, obviously.

the next picture is my favorite:

BMX cycling is now in the olympics and george loves that.  this is "gerney" (germany) and "team gb" (great britain - but now that the olympics have started "team gb" is the preferred phrase for cheering, i've learned) in a race.  gerney is winning, but george says "the team in second place at the beginning always wins at the end."  this picture is my favorite because:
1. george has misspelled his own name
2. george is using his "joined up" (what the british call cursive) writing very nicely here
3. george, at 6, is already aware of his country's rivalry with germany in all sports.  my first summer here i was very confused about why germany was the hated rival, and a colleague said it is because they were the enemy during world war 2.  well yes, i know that...but they were our enemy in world war 2, too, and i wouldn't think of them that way now.  but the english home front WAS much more affected by bombings and such during the war, so perhaps i can understand the difference...