I'm feeling rotten, with vague nausea like the first trimester (yes, I'm 100% sure I'm not pregnant), so I'm taking recourse in a guest post. (And I apologize for not responding better in comments the last few days. I plead exhaustion and the necessity of extra loads of disgusting laundry courtesy of Daughter's midnight stomach flu.)
So, for something more entertaining than stories of my laundry, here is Son, with some fishing tales. I have transcribed his words exactly.
First, a little story of an expedition from last fall.
We goed hiking in the woods, and the woods was a hiking place, and we found ourselves. And other people were fishing, so we decided to fish. So we got our fishing pole and we caught a fish and we moved it around. Really truly we moved it around.
Because there was a alligator turtle and it snapped and it tried to eat the fish, so we moved it around with Daddy and me. And the Pirates of the
(MommyTime's note: according to Husband, who is not prone to exaggeration, the turtle was over two feet in diameter. The best we can figure is that it was an alligator snapping turtle, as these are native to the Midwest. Sadly, he didn't have a camera with him. Photo credit.)
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Next, a fish tale from yesterday.
This is my Pirates of the 
And the fish I caught was a bluegill and it was like this big:
And they were both squishy. And the other one I caught was little and the bluegill was a little bit big and they were both squishy. And I caught the first one from in the bridge, and the bridge has lots of fish in it.
I caught the next one from in the pond, at the bridge. And I put it in the water gently. And the bluegill Ojichan throwed, and it might have got hurt. The first fish Ojichan throwed was a bluegill.
9 comments:
i love that b&w photo.... classic. your parents must be having the time of their lives w their grand kids!!! *tear*
Kids tell the BEST stories! Looks like the grandparents are having an awesome time with the family. Very cool!
I love fishing photos with grandpas. How great that you caught the whole story, word-for-word. You're either a FAR better typist than I am, or you used a recording device -- kudos!
Hope you feel much better soon, MT.
Yes love the photo. And love the fishing stories. And most of all love the idea that he'll have fishing memories forever.
Wow! Son is looking so OLD all of a sudden! Love the stories, tho' in true fish-tale tradition, his hands should have been at least 2' further apart. *grin*
Dontcha just LOVE the whole stream of consciousness stories? I could listen for hours....
Perhaps I should try fishing with the boys? though heaven help me if we have anything like a gigantic alligator snapping turtle up here (do they snap? do they have TEETH?!).
There are few things in life that can top fishing with grandpa. That there is a lifelong memory.
Seriously, dude, I kind of worship you a little. I love every single thing you crank out. But this is, by far, my favorite post you've ever put up. EVER. I wish we lived near each other so our kids could fish together.
Aren't the stories great?
As so many of you point out, fishing with kids is wonderful, and it's honestly not difficult, particularly given how thrilling they find it.
Yes, Mrs. F, those turtles snap. It turns out (after some research on my part) that what they probably saw was a common snapping turtle and not an alligator one. Semantics as far as I'm concerned -- though I know a herpetologist would disagree -- but in either case, one that size could break your hand if it clamped down with its powerful jaws.
Thanks for the good wishes, Foolery. I feel much better now.
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