Josh has gone ice fishing with Mike a couple times this winter. He has enjoyed playing in the snow and sliding on the ice but he hadn't gotten into fishing until this past weekend. His uncle had brought an extra pole and after getting frustrated that he wasn't catching anything out of his hole, he let Josh use it while he switched to a new hole. It proved to be a jack pot. Josh turned into a pro fisher after catching the first one and would immediately put another worm on his hook and cast again. He caught 5 fish.
Mike use to always tease Josh and say that we were going fishing and it would always get Josh riled up. Well, last night Josh asked what was happening on Saturday and Mike reminded him that he had to go to a scout belt loop class. And then, just to bug, he added "and then we're going fishing." To Mike's surprise Josh said "Yes!! I was going to ask if we could go ice fishing." I'm glad they have fun going.
This morning Josh came into the kitchen and said "So I have another reason to convince you to give me a brother or sister."
"Ok..."
"Well, if I don't have a brother or sister then my kids won't have any uncles or aunts. And I won't have anyone to go fishing with when I'm older."
"You do remember that I can't have kids anymore, right bud?"
"Yeah, but couldn't you just get me one some other way?"
We talked about adoption for a minute but it was so sad to see how much thought he had put into it. I told him that he would have to stay close with his cousins and then they could all go ice fishing together. That seemed to satisfy him for the moment but I'm sure he'll bring it up again. Kind of heartbreaking.
Josh really enjoys reading graphic novels like Pokemon, and Legend of Zelda. One day he sat down to read and ended up reading for over an hour. He came out of his room and said "Ugg, now I have a headache because I read a lot."
"You think that's why you have a headache?" I asked.
"Yeah. Probably cause there's too much words going into my brain at once."
Josh has been doing basketball and he's loving it. He told me the other day "Mom, I think I really found my sport." I just smiled and said that I was glad. It's been kind of interesting to watch him play in the games. They don't keep score yet so it's just suppose to be a fun, work on your skills, sort of environment. One of the kids on his team is so competitive that his mom keeps score for him. Oh brother. Josh enjoys running up and down the court and is usually the last one to get to the other side but he has a huge grin on his face. There are times I can tell that he is racing people or things that are NOT on the court and sometimes he's so involved in something in his head that he's on a completely different planet. It's cute and I'm glad he's enjoying it.
