Gone Fishin’

A couple of weeks ago, we were in Wal-Mart (better known as my least favorite place in the world), as we cruised down the isles (which for me is as quickly as possible with a look of sheer determination intended to ward off random people who think it’s just peachy keen to stop and chat me up at Wal-Mart and touch my kid and offer unsolicited advice, ugh!! It’s Wal-Mart people, not a ‘get-to-know-you party’!!) Greyson happened to spy fishing poles in the sporting goods department. “Mommy, Mommy Looky – fishin’ poles! Fishin’ POLES!!” I quickly veered to the right (on 2 wheels mind you) and came to stop in front of the beloved fishing poles. His eyes began to sparkle as we surveyed the many different styles and finally settled on a Disney Cars (the movie) pole, “Mommy” he exclaimed, “A Mater (character from the movie) fishin’ pole, pleeeeeeaaaaasssssseeeee?” Seriously, how could I say no? The kid has been pretend fishing with his Daddy’s belt for months off the edge of the bed. So the pole went into the cart and we were off.

This week we were finally able to give the fishing pole a proper trip to a place where real fish swim!! Not that our living room floor and neighbors pool have not been exciting, but we were going out on a real dock in a real river!! WOO HOO!!

Of course he couldn’t really catch anything because his one and only lure has no hooks (a big thanks to our wonderful neighbor Jim!!) but luckily the kid who could use his imagination to fish with a belt can use his imagination to catch us many a fish (trout, salmon and even a shark or two!!).

Enjoy the pictures of our little Greyson – Gone Fishin’