Fishin'

6 weeks later and now finally back in blog swing. Germany pix forthcoming. Procrastination was supposed to leave this house along with the bats...(yeah, bats. "They're baaaack." Or were, I should say. We are now 'post-exclusion' and, we are told, bat free. Nighmare. But thankfully OVER.) In the meanwhile, 2 weeks since our return, H and P have continued with an awesome camp experience, perfecting swimming, diving and tennis skills- and just generally having a lot of fun. And it somehow got to be Aug 15, putting us 2 weeks away from the start of another school year. Time for Mama to gear up.

Boppy had the swell (to borrow from Uncle Teddy) idea to introduce the children to fishing. No fisher(wo)men in this family to date. And, as of today, thanks to a Walmart fishing rod, some cooperative fish & a nice cool afternoon, we have two gung-ho newcomers to the 'sport.' Each victim was spared a sad fate and tossed back into the lake making the whole experience just a fun game. Thank you, Boppa, for a great idea and a great day!!

Checking out the biting scene. Not sure about this whole fishing thing yet.


A little skittish. Hooking the worm seems so...brutal.




Meanwhile, 10 feet away, easing her way into the whole ordeal








Surfing could totally be next




First catch of the day


Mimi's first catch!


Chachi's first catch!