our fisherman

A few months ago Zeb starting pretending that everything was a fishing rod- and he told us all he wanted for his birthday was a "fishing rod". And he wanted a fish cake. He's not even really that into fish- he just likes ropes and sticks and "coupling" things together.  Lucky for him I'm all about cakes- and I found the PERFECT fishing rod at a yard sale for seventy-five cents :)

Here's his Rainbow Fish (he really likes that book) that I made in less than an hour! It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be- but the tail really needs some work. I think I used a nine inch round instead of an eight inch so the tail was much much too big and nearly ripped off.

Our day yesterday was nearly perfect.  We went running and released "tagpole" into the wild and played at the park with friends. Then we went to meijer for a free cookie.  Then we came home and painted, watched Diego, and went swimming!  Kent even made it home to swim with us :)  And finally we opened his fishing rod and then had cake! 

And even better- to finish off the night we went to our first baseball game of the season! Kent and I are on a city league team with friends from our church and had our first game last night.  It was a lot of fun and we even WON!  It was a good opener for us. I need lots of practice :) and Kent played pretty darn well. He had me thinking he was terrible and then he never even got out!

Here's Z playing with his new toy.  He hasn't put it down since last night. Who knew 75 cents could bring such happiness to a three year old?  It is a really cool toy, though.  It came with an assortment of sea creatures with little rings that he can "catch" with his line.  Plus- the reel even works and he can wind up the fish!