Big Brother

For those who didn't know I signed up for the Big Brother/Big Sisters in June and I got matched last week and had my first outing with my 'little' on the 12th. His name is David and he turned 12 in August. I picked him up at 6 and we went to the park near his house and chatted a bit and shot some hoops. We ended up playing an impromptu pickup game which he beat me in 5-3. After that we went to the Leatherby's in Midvale for some celebratory ice cream. Turns out that particular Leatherby's also doubles as a small Mexican food restaurant and a place to buy tamale's! David got some bubble gum ice cream and I got his huge thing called the Black and White which I couldn't finish. We couldn't think of what to do next so we drove to my work and I showed him the building and the office. He kept talking about how big it seemed. Then we drove up to my house ('big' again:) ) and played some Madden '08 on the Wii. We were totally murdering the raiders 42 - 7 at halftime when we saved it and I drove him home.

He seems like a well-behaved, smart kid. His favorite school subjects are math and art. He's into muscle cars and rap music and he wants to play football for a living with his backup career being some kind of engineer. Not too shabby.