I spent this weekend in Cleveland for a big weekend of family bonding. Saturday, my niece Giovanna was baptised by Father Frank, who is my grandmother’s nephew. She was a bit fussy but overall, it was quick and dirty. During Father’s surmon, he was commenting how God-parents are important, hopefully they can also be the child’s sponsor and that you should set a little $$ aside for them when they turn 18 for college (or a car), etc. On the car ride home, my nephew Michael rode with me. I ask him if he knew who his God Parents were. Of course he didn’t know, he has the attention span of a gnat! After telling him it is my brother-in-law Tony and myself, he responded with,
“Oh yeah, you owe me $ when I am 18.”
Apparently, he was listening. Thanks Father Frank!
After the Baptism and some grub, we trucked it out to Michael’s Flag Football game. He is pretty good at doing what he is told but still doesn’t understand the concept of football. He completed 1 pass while playing QB however spent the majority of the time on the field wiping the spit that was drooling out of his mouth from an oversized mouthguard!
Michael and his mouthguard
