A Boy and his fishing pole

Most people know that Ronnie is an avid fisherman. He used to take the boat out most every weekend and usually at least once a week. Notice, I said "used to". The last few years, he hasn't ventured out on the boat quite as much as he would probably have liked, but now Joshua is getting close to the age, where they can start making the trips together. Don't get me wrong...I like to go fishing...as long as I don't have to bait the hook or take the fish off! :-)

We've talked about taking Joshua out a few times this year, but the days never seemed to work out. So this week, since Joshua was inside almost every day because of the strep, Ronnie decided to get the fishing pole out and let him "practice" fishing. It was quite a sight, but you can see from the smile on his face that he is going to LOVE it when he gets to really go fishing!

Look Mom! I caught a Snoopy!

Such concentration, notice the toes...

Sick day #5

Joshua has been battling with the strep virus for five days now. I think this morning he is feeling alot better. We've never had any experience with strep, but found out that it can be a nasty little bug. I hope Joshua doesn't ever have to go through this again.

He finally felt like coloring a little and I actually got him to smile and look at the camera....

Elmo Grows Up

Joshua had a great time at the Sesame Street Live show. This year's storyline was "Elmo Grows Up". All of Elmo's friends try to help him decide what he wants to be when he grows up. Joshua's favorite career was the train conductor. He also felt like a celebrity because we were close enough for him to shake hands with Elmo, The Count, Cookie Monster and Grover.

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Letter of the week - B

In school, Joshua's class has been working on the letter B. Today we made a Letter B - Bee.

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We've had a busy, busy couple of weeks, so the Letter B seems very appropriate. I hope that our schedule will slow down a bit this week. We are looking forward to a quiet family weekend.

Introducing Dorothy

Recently we've been discussing the possibility of a new pet for Joshua. It's been a while since we had to let Peanut go, but we weren't really ready for another dog. Deron and Laura have a great fish tank at their house (one that looks a little too complicated for us), but Joshua really likes the fish. So, this afternoon we had to stop at Wal-Mart for a few things and wandered over to the fish. Joshua was pretty excited and, of couse, wanted the biggest one, but we settled on a typical goldfish-like fish. I can't remember the exact name, but it's a little bigger than a goldfish. We asked Joshua what he wanted to name his fish and he tapped his finger to his chin and said, "Let me think. Oh! I know! Dorothy!" So Dorothy it is!