Mad Skills

Madden has ball skills. Seriously. This tiny bird-like creature is destined to be a basketball superstar! She can fire a ball at you without even looking. Hitting you squarely in your hands. We call it the fish-eye. She can dribble almost as well as Jack. But she's 5 and a little over 4 feet.

Now I know, letting your child bounce a ball around the house is a bit unconventional. But, it's not what you think. For one, I have about 4 nick knacks left in my house. All the others were destroyed long ago by Master Jack. She's more of a leaving-a-trail-of-junk-behind-me-as-I-go kind of messy. Yes. She will bounce her ball off the wall. Duh? So she can catch it. And if you didn't KNOW she had skills, you might get a little nervous when she rears the ball back behind her head. catapult-style. (Much like the people at the Y childcare center, who were ducking and bracing when I walked in to collect her.)

I'm hoping to grow a college scholarship right out of this little hobby.