Ten Years Old

Eats: Asian buffet featuring yellow rice, honeydew melon and cantaloupe. With me and Mari.
Dinner: a pan pizza (cheese) from Pizza Hut.

Plays: Best 2 out of 3 3-point contest vs. me in the driveway; an Xbox 360 Madden Super Bowl match up of the Falcons (Emi--who loves Devin Hester on kick returns) vs. the Bengals (I play Andy Dalton at QB). Won by the Falcons in a blow out.

Treasures:
A Caravan from Hindustan: The Complete Birbal Tales from the Oral Traditions of India by James Moseley (he'd already read volume one), You Rule!: A Practical Guide to Creating Your Own Kingdom (Lonely Planet),  The Ruins of Gorlan (The Rangers Apprentice, Book One), a new indoor basketball goal, the complete Harry Potter DVD series, a TCU sweater/jacket, a Longhorns t-shirt, a boomerang, a juggling kit, a nerf Vortex football, and a board game we already own but have never played (oops).

Talks:
This conversation about Emilio's first decade:
Me: So how has this first decade been?
Emi: Some good, some bad.
Me: What was the good?
Emi: Playing XBox 360.
Me: What was the bad?
Emi:  Getting in trouble at school.
Me: What did you get in trouble for?
Emi:  Talking.
Me: Anything else good?
Emi: Family vacations.
Me: Which one was your favorite?
Emi: This last year's [New Orleans, Mississippi, and Memphis with los abuelos--ed.].
Me: What was your favorite part of that vacation?
Emi: The swamp tour.
Me:  What was your greatest accomplishment?
Emi:  Scoring my first goal.
Me: That took about ten seconds.
Emi: No, I mean in the U-12 league.
Me: I thought you might say playing Winthrop in "The Music Man."
Emi:  Or Chip in "Beauty and the Beast."
Me: That, too.  What's your favorite food?
Emi:  Rice crackers.
Me: What was your favorite movie?
Emi: Big Hero Six.
Me: What about Lord of the Rings?
Emi:  Oh, yeah: Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King.
Me:  What was your favorite book that you read?
Emi:  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Me: What was your favorite game?
Emi: Clue.
Me:  What was your favorite sports moment?
Emi: Odell Beckham's one-handed catch.
Me: That was against the Cowboys!
Emi:  It doesn't matter. It was awesome!
Me:  What was the most important real-world news event of the decade?
Emi: Gay marriage.
Me: Give me one word to describe . . . Nina.
Emi: Singer.
Me: Pablo?
Emi: Imagination.
Me: Mommy?
Emi: Magnificent.
Me: Daddy?
Emi:  Funny.
Me: Emi?
Emi: Awesome.