Gavin's Playgroup, Kirk Playgroup and a Fishing Adventure

Yesterday morning Gavin and I met up with some of his classmates and their moms at a local park in Cary. It was Gavin's first playgroup without his brother! I did take my camera, but didn't take any pictures. Partly because I forgot, but it was also a rather large park and the kids were all scattered around. Since they are all under the age of 3 and most kids didn't really know me...I thought I would wait when we go to a smaller park to take a group photo. Anyway, his class has a great group of kids and the parents seem to be really outgoing and fun! We're excited. :)

Then, after we picked up Ian from school, the three of us headed to another park in Cary to meet some friends through the Kirk. It was such a perfect day to be outside! Some couldn't make it because the kids were sick, but I think there were over 6 kids there. Anyway, it was nice to catch up with the moms!

Then today...the plan was for the 4 Turners to go fishing with Lori, Sophia and Ella after school. Cailean was supposed to get home at around 4pm and we would all head over to where my coworker lives (near us) and fish in the lake there. Well, I got a hold of Cailean at 3:30pm and he said he had to stay late at work. WHAT?????????????????????????????? That was my first reaction. So, I was like, "Well, we are still going fishing. Lori and I can do this." Gavin and I picked up Ian and on the way back to the house, I tell Ian our plan and how daddy wasn't going to be able to make it fishing with us. He covered his mouth with his hand. He then asks, "Is Tom going?" Tom is Ella's and Sophia's dad. I told him no. He asks, "Why can't Tom go?" Okay, now I'm feeling like my oldest son has NO faith in his mother baiting a hook and all that stuff. I was determined and I KNEW Lori would be determined considering she told me she and Sophia would have dug for worms if I hadn't told her we had them in our refrigerator!!!!!

Okay, so...we get home and get all the fishing stuff together. The Volpes arrive and off we go. Yes, to a place I had never been...didn't even know where to park! But, that was okay because we figured it out. We all made our way to a spot at a bench. Lori and I proceeded to add hooks to the girls' new fishing poles. Gavin was already into the worms trying to pull them apart and Sophia and Ella were into them as well. All the kids are ready to go and cast out. Mission accomplished. Well, except that Lori was caught a few times!!!! Sorry Lori!!! Okay, so the lines are in the water. The kids are waiting and waiting. Well, Ella yells out that she has a fish!!!!!! She was soooooo proud, so of course I took a picture of her with the fish!!! Lori looks at me and I look at her. Someone has to let the fish free and get the hook back. I'm not going to go into detail about this part. If you really want to know, either imagine it or call one of us!!!! Needless to say, it was quite comical!!! Well, right after Ella caught her fish (still trying to figure out how to get the hook out of the fish and YES we had pliars with us), Ian decides to go and help Gavin with his pole and wouldn't you know...A FISH!!!!! Ian couldn't quite get it (plus some ducks pushed Ian to the bench...LOL...), so I took over. Finally the fish came out of the water and OH MY GOSH...this fish was HUGE!!!! Again, won't go into detail about how we freed this fish. Call if you want to know the story! hahaha So yea...at one point we had two fish that we needed to send back into the water!!!!

So the kids have their lines back in the water and Lori and I look at each other and one said, "5 minutes left of fishing before we need to leave." Well, about a minute later, Ella yells out that she has a fish. This fish was HEAVY!!!!! Once again Lori and I make eye contact. I'm starting my sneezing allergy attack and can't see anything because my hair is in my face! Once again we need to figure out how to save this fish and send it back into the water!!! At this point, we decided we were done. Each time a fish was caught, the size was bigger and bigger.

I would say that Lori and I definitely earned the "Coolest Mom Award" for today's adventure. The kids had a blast and it was such a nice day to spend time with friends!!!