August Already? Part 2

This morning Josh came running in the door frantically yelling "She has a DS. She has one.  This is incredible. I need to go to the bathroom because I'm just so excited that she has a DS."  He's talking about the neighbor girl to our north.  That was the only explanation I got because by this time he had finished going to the bathroom, with the door open of course, and was muttering "I can't believe it.  I just can't believe it" as he ran back outside slamming the door.

We decided that Josh was going to run a mile fun run in July.  Actually I decided and Josh and Mike had no choice but to follow along.  Josh's first "training" session was pretty slow.  Over a 16 min/mile.  Yikes.  After a few times of me taking him, Mike stepped in.  I don't know if Josh is afraid of Mike or just thinks that I'll baby him, because his speed increased pretty significantly.  He was down to a 12ish min/mile the week before the race.  The day of the race came and he was a little nervous but he sucked it up and ran his heart out!  His official time was a 10:03 min/mile.  I couldn't believe he did it that fast.  He was definitely motivated by all those other kids.  Mike ran most of the race with him as a 'pacer' sort of thing and told me that at one point Josh glanced behind him and said "Dad look at all those kids behind me!"  That a boy. 

Josh also participated in a "Fish Rodeo."  You pay $5 and then you get into a big pool full of fish.  You use a net to catch one and then get to take it home.  Josh thought it sounded fun so we signed him up.  They had volunteers "helping" so it only took Josh about a minute to catch one and get it bagged up.  I tried to convince him to leave it there like some of the other kids had done, but he refused.  He wanted to keep it.  On the way home we explained that it couldn't be a pet and that it was soon going to die.  He accepted this and as soon as we got home he ran over to get Bode while I filled up a bucket with water.  They had a blast "playing" with the fish.  Even Gideon joined in.  By the end, the fish was dead and bleeding from multiple places.  I was able to get Gideon to pick it up and take it into the backyard so that Mike could bury it in the garden.  It was all very gross but Josh had a great time.