Fishing for Gems

Okay, so lately I admit we've had a bit of "tour of games" around the house, pulling out all the different ones we could try out with Madison.  It's been somewhat of a warm-up to the Olympics, a decathlon of events - and tonight's big contest was the Magical Gems Fishing Game, where you can use a tiny Disney princess fishing rod to attempt to pick up these magical gems that seem to have mouths that open up and close over and over again.  Obviously, this was a fishing game at one time where the gems were actually plastic fish - but someone in marketing thought it would be a great idea to change all the fish to snapping gems that Disney Princesses sit around and fish for.  They don't even need to worry about bait!

Apparently the idea sold, because we have it.  And for the record, Madison enjoyed it.  She actually won a few rounds too, although she wasn't holding her fishing pole just right.  Still, she was having a good time trying to collect the most gems.

Madison's cough is still hanging in there, although again the good news is that it stops when she goes to sleep.  Mommy plans on taking her to the doctor tomorrow as a precaution - we don't want to let things go to far.  You never know.  Speaking of which, Daddy is going to a lung doctor on Thursday, which will be a first.  My other doctor recommended this, especially after seeing a few things at the hospital.  It's all related to that pancreatitis spell, which is still in the healing process currently.  Daddy wishes it would be better right now, but some things take time.  Ugh, I don't have time for this with Summer Xtreme coming...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.  ~Henry David Thoreau