New Obsession

Our 4 yr old recently started asking for a fishing pole...specifically, a "Lightning McQueen" fishing pole. I have no clue what gave him the idea, but he wouldn't let go of it. We were at Target last Friday and we looked at the poles of the tot-variety. No Lightning McQueen, but they did have Spider Man :) He decided that would do fine. We took him to one of the lakes in our subdivision, where he surprised us by casting like he'd been doing it all his life. We took him out again Sunday, between church services at a lake on our church property. Melinda and cousin Tori came along, and here is RJ checking out the first catch of the day, by Melinda...

He was excited, but also anxious to catch one himself. Much to his dismay, sissy caught one after another...
and then to add to it, Tori caught her very first fish, ever!! :) She likes fishing...the actual fish, not so much, LOL

Well, it was about quitting time and we were PRAYING for that boy to catch a fish. At this point, he would cast his line and then start begging the fish to bite. He would say "Pleeeeaasse!!! Please fishy PLEASE bite the worm!! I KNOW I can DO this!! PLEASE!!!..." and so forth. Very comical, but still, we wanted him to get his first fish. Suddenly, Tori started squealing...she had gotten a bite. Rory ran down to help her, and then RJ just went NUTS... "MOMMY MOMMY!! I GOT ONE I GOT ONE!!!" I didn't hurry, because he had been doing that every time his line caught a bit of drag on the weeds, but when I turned around the boy's pole was bent!! I ran to help him and he finally caught a big one :)He was interested in it, but he wouldn't touch it for anything. Like every other true fisherman, he was ready to get back at it and catch the next one. Yep, he's hooked big time :)
We let all the fish go...I would like to say no fish were injured, but let's face it...hooks hurt!! LOL