Nathan is going fishing tomorrow morning with my brother. He’s been for spring chinook and the summer salmon runs, but never in the winter. We realized that he needed his fishing license for this year so we headed out to Dick’s sporting goods as soon as he got home from work. Then, during dinner clean-up when Nathan was deciding what to wear tomorrow morning, we realized that he has lots of good layers and warm clothes for the top, but for the bottom he pretty much only has jeans. He was thinking that would not be enough when it will probably be below freezing…and he’ll be on the river.
So we decided to head back out for some long underwear. Poor Elias probably thought we were crazy going to the same shopping center twice in a couple of hours…the first place we looked for warm pants was Kohl’s because Nathan had gift cards there.
While we looked around, Elias just went along with it and had himself a little adventure. He found all the mirrors he could, and went right up to them. He smiled and talked to himself, and pressed his little nose against the glass. It was quite amusing. He twisted the jewelry displays and played hide and seek around some sock aisles and opened lots of shoe boxes. He had a blast.
It turns out that Kohl’s did not have what we wanted…so we headed to Dick’s for the second time today. Elias also had a great time there. He did the classic – hide in the middle of the clothing rack – maneuver that seems to be irresistible to all children. (I have to admit I did it a few times). He found more mirrors. He wandered into the golf area…..who knows why.
Anyway, the point is….Elias makes his own fun. Maybe we could all take a lesson.