The Simple Pleasures of Life

Last week, Cade and I spent the whole weekend inside.  Cade was getting over the nasties of yet another case of tonsilitis.  What was supposed to be fun and goofy day was spent being lazy on the couch.  It was fun but not the fun either of us wanted to have.  Jody worked most of the day so Cade and I just were lazy.

Today however, was different.  Today is National Fishing Day.  Daddy, Cade and I set out to Live Oak City Park for Jr Fishing Day.  Cade had a Shrek fishing pole, some tackle and some worms from Walmart.

Cade fished for awhile with his Auntie Melmel when he was younger but hasn't fished in almost 2 years.

Fishing Day was lots of fun.  For $2, he got in to the event and got a cool tshirt.  We had just lost our first bobber and realized that the little fishing pole was not a good fishing pole.  They had given us a ticket for door prizes.  WE WON!!!  He got the choice of a camping chair or a new fishing pole.  We grabbed the fishing pole, definitely.

Within minutes of attaching the bobber thing and hook and new worm, we caught the first fish.  The way Mommy finally broke Cade of bringing home every dandelion and rolie polie in the world is that Cade "gives them back to God."  Guess what!!!  This works with fish too.  The first one was probably a 10 inch catfish.  It bit Jody when he was taking the hook out.  (pretty funny).  We got our photo with fishie #1 and then "gave fishie back to God."

After catching the hook in a tree, losing the other bobber thing and then borrowing a bobber from someone else -- we got another good line.  WE CAUGHT FISH #2.  Cade thought this was pretty cool.  He helped, but pretty much Daddy did most of the work.  This poor fish did not want to give up the hook.  We gave him back to God too.

You see, when you give them back to God --- the fishies, the rolie polies and dandelions get to continue living out their life like God needs them to.  They get to do their jobs and we get to enjoy their beauty.  (Yes, sometimes Mom pulls things out of her butt to amuse the child)

We caught a little guppy (about  4 inches.)  By this time Cade was getting bored.  Fishing is not exciting unless you can actually catch fish CONSTANTLY.

We cast a few more lines and Cade watched a frog and really wanted to take the frog home.

For Cade's first fishing day with mom and dad, it was pretty awesome.

He said the fish were really slimy and wiggled too much to keep them.  God needed them back:).