Fishing!

Finally! A sunny day! We were so excited to take the kids out on the lake! Actually, we were more excited than they were. They would have been fine running through the sprinkler all day.

They'd been fishing before this summer, just off the public access dock with corn. So this was their first time going boat fishing with worms this summer. Liliana was less than thrilled about posing for a photo...she wanted to get started right away.

Since we're not residents, only the kids get to fish. Liliana was totally fine with that. She wasn't about to have any one else touch HER pole.

Micah decided that it was a fishing contest. Girls against boys. Liliana was catching them left and right and he'd dramatically sigh every time. Loudly. Towards the end, he started catching some and then he cheered up. I agree that it's not any fun if you're not catching anything.

I LOVE the hands on science lessons we get to do in the summer time. The kids didn't shy away from touching the fish at all. They asked lots of great questions and had a bunch of cute theories about the fish and why they were or weren't biting. Liliana was very "lovey" to the fish, like she is with all living things. Here she is telling it "It's okay fishy...don't be scared." We told her we were going to eat the fish and she looked appalled and said "But it has LIPS!" We dropped the conversation. :-)

I would take the kids fishing every day if the weather would cooperate. I love the summer memories that we're making and the quality time we're spending together. It's memories like this that get us through the 10 months of winter!