Down

I haven't been able to visit with my precious daughter for a month now.  At $75 per hour I simply cannot afford the visits.  I'm broken and hopless that I will ever have a meaninful relationship with the little girl who squezed my finger and squeaked at me when she was only a few hours old.  I miss her.....

Visiting at OKI Park

Just hanging out on a late summer afternoon.  Leave it to cassie to stick a fork to her nose... one upping the spoon trick.

Fishing at Howe Park

This week we went fishing at the Howe Park Pond. Cassie had never been fishing before, so I got to show her how. First we rigged the pole, got it baited with garlic marshmallows and then I taught her how to cast. I helped her hold the pole, did a practice swing to get the timing down and then executed a perfect cast. I helped her two more times for perfect casts into the middle of the pond. Then I let her do the whole thing on her own. It was a bit nerve wracking to watch and contemplate weather or not she would toss my $200.00 fishing reel into the pond, but she did it perfectly.

I think Cassie liked the casting part of fishing because we did quite a lot of that. She's a natural with the fishing pole, every time she was able to land the cast right in the middle of the pond.