Canny Believe It?!!

If you look for them, they are not hard to find. YouTube videos of five-year olds billed as the next Maradona, the next Messi, the next Ronaldo.

Some of these kids show hints of brillance, but most are bloody useless. Like this one: Soccer Phenom.

Freddy Adu? Good, but not a prodigy. Probably 37 by now. Here's Freddy's highlight reel.

So imagine my astonishment and delight upon coming home from work today, when Jack - whose ability to date has been flashed only in the bath (with kicks of the rubber ducky) - put on a tantalizing display of future footy mastery, causing the father to swoon, future Premiership highlight reels flickering in his mind.

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Note: These photos have not been Photoshopped or doctored in any way. Jack's birth certificate is available upon request.

Going to the Mat(tresses)

"Monday, Tuesday, Wednesay Thursday..." Here's Jack and Evie doing their thing on the play mat this morning. Evie showing she is not only the smartest baby on the block, but also the most flexible (gets that from Paul). Jack showing he is not impressed (though he really is). "They're built differently," he explained, not having any idea how true that really is.

So You Think You Can Dance?

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After work, Jack likes to entertain the 'rents with a little soft shoe. Wouldn't this make a great flip book?

Banana Hat

When there's action in the kitchen (and mommy and/or daddy are in the kitchen and he's not), Jack does not like to be anywhere else. Here, he gets his way with a front row seat on the counter. Over his right shoulder are his bottle tops. To his left is the pot-kettle contraption we use to heat his milk every night. And over his head are bananas in yellow to match his get up. Nice paunch, little man!

Buy ONE Stuff!

It was inevitable. Jack has been enlisted by nefarious, cradle robbing ONE marketeer, Ivey Helmick, as a male model for ONE gear. In the second photo, Ivey can be seen closing the deal with a much younger (and obviously naive) Baby Jack. "Stick with me, kid, I'll make you famous on the interwebs."

Seriously, you can buy ONE stuff here: ONE Store

Bumbotime!

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Jack's newest perch is the Bumbo, an ingenious chair that helps babies sit up and view their world in a whole new way. As you can see, this can be very entertaining for the adults (and the dogs), too. Editor's note: No Jack is not naked in these photos. Yes, those are man boobs.

Puppy Love

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Floor time means conversations with, and kisses from, the pups. On the left, Jack does his best to convince Maddie that he is, in fact, her blood brother. On the right, Jack takes one on the ear from Parker.