Fishing with Great Grandpa

On July 3rd, we headed to John’s grandparent’s house.  We got there at dusk, so we hung out that night. 

The next morning we were up early and ready to go fishing.  We put on our “fishing clothes” and everyone had their hats.  This was Makaela’s first time keeping a hat on for more than a second, so I wanted a picture.  Noah tried to help me get her to look at the camera.

Noah and Caleb had gotten new fishing poles for Christmas that we hadn’t tried out yet, so they were very excited.  This year we had FIVE wanting to fish!  Last year Makaela wasn’t really walking just yet, so she stayed close to me.  Noah and Caleb were able to cast on their own, hence the “real” fishing pole for Christmas.  This year the goal was to get them taking off the fish, putting on new lures, and bait by themselves.  They did really well.  Ian started casting some on his own.  Eli still needed help and Makaela wanted to do it all!

We left three kids fishing poles at Grandpa’s last year, so this year we thought we would just use those.  Well, after sitting in a barn all year they weren’t in good working order.  We used parts of one to get two of them to work.  This caused some problems.  I tried to get Eli and Makaela to share, that was interesting! 

Some moments it was cute and they shared easily.  Other moments it was a fight over who’s turn it was.  When it was Eli’s turn Makaela would hang out on the four wheeler or with Great Grandpa.

The swing with Great Grandpa looked like more fun, when the fish weren’t biting; so Eli joined them for a while.  Then Eli wanted on the floating dock to watch Noah fish.  When he decided to get off by himself, he got a leg and arm in the mud.  Oh Eli!

The first morning of fishing was a learning experience.  We learned that kid fishing poles don’t store well in barns, boys will find the mud, and our kids can only “share” so long!