Mascot Mania

I think it's fair to say that some pictures are meant to preserve a memory rather than dazzle you with their visual brilliance. The picture slotted to accompany this entry is exactly that. Caleb and I went to KEVA today to partake in their "Sports Fest", which from a two-year-old's perspective consisted of three bouncy castle's and a duck; the rest was irrelevant. Besides the jubilant jumping, besides the fervent running from castle to castle and wall to wall, Caleb befriended Maynard G. Mallard and was instantly smitten. Given Caleb's history of running away from Bucky Badger and crying on Santa's lap, his adoration of the Madison Mallard's Mascot was a memory that needed to be captured. I would have whipped out the camera and snapped a shot of him giving Maynard a high-five, or running in circles around his legs, or provoking him in a good ole goose chase; but unfortunately, the camera was MIA. I took the next obvious step by asking a completely random stranger to take a quick picture of Caleb and his duck and email it to me when she got a chance. And although she promised to send it as soon as she got home, at the time of my original post, it was still in digital format somewhere out in the Greater Madison Area. If you see the picture attached to an updated post, you'll notice it's lack of artistic flair. Otherwise, you'll just have to be satisfied with the somewhat more interesting story.