Today between our morning appointments and our lunch plans we had an hour to kill so I took the kids downtown Hudson to walk along the river. Wouldn't you know that within minutes of our walk we came across some men fishing, and he snagged one right as we got nearby!

They were extremely nice. He offered to let Max help him reel it in, but it was apparent there was quite a fight in the fish so I was silently thankful that Max declined and instead chose to watch from the sidelines.

Once he got the carp in he set it down and told Max he could pick it up and even showed him how it didn't have any teeth. Max tried to pick it up a few times but between the weight and it's movement he wasn't successful.

The kind man picked it up and held it out to him showing Max where to put his hands. Max completely ignored the man and his nice way of holding the fish and just went in for a big bear hug. Seriously. Did I not mention this was right before our lunch plans?! So what's a mom to do but continue to take pictures so we can all laugh about it later.

Oh, and Rory? She wanted nothing to do with the fish and was perfectly content throwing twigs into the river.

She may appear to be tomboy because of her love of dirt, but it stops at slimy animals and most bugs. I think the curls keep her from converting to a full on tomboy...