Just Fishin'

Since Misha was eager to try out his birthday fishing pole, and there is a great little pond in Challenger Park near us, we made two little fishing trips in May. The first time, I took the kids there on an impluse and told the boys it was "for practice," because we didn't have any worms. They practiced casting while I read in the shade, admired the unique black-and-white winged dragonflies, and watched the boys being brotherly. When we lost the hook in the top of the tree (how did that happen?), we went home. Misha was convinced that the trip was a failure, but I chalked it up to that "practice" I had mentioned.

The next time, we convinced Josh to brave the heat with us, and hot it was. The sun was relentless and opportunities for shade were few. Luckily, we did bing our umbrella. This time, we stopped to buy some worms as well as a little pole for Sebby as well, so both boys were super excited and undeterred by the heat. Misha even managed to catch three bass! He let them go, disappointed that they were not bigger, but we were all impressed with his success.