We made it to the Lake House this weekend for a much needed break. We expected the weather to be dreary, rainy and cool but were delightfully surprised with the beautiful sunshine and highs near 60. Jay and I went out on our own fishing Saturday and I caught some monster crappie.. it was great fun.
But the highlight of the weekend came on Sunday when our little Elle caught her first fish.
We were spending some quality Elle, Mom time together while Jay and his sister Dana were out on the boat and Uncie Eric got some quality Liam time up on the deck. Elle had already started to complain at me,
"Where are the fish?" "It's just not working." "The sun is blinding me."
Trying to keep her interested I said, "Just be patient, just believe you will catch a fish, stay positive it will happen and remember to wiggle your pole a little bit occasionally"...
Here is where I say thank you for the tip Mr. Marshall because her next series of complaints were as follows..
"Mom! This is just too heavy! Look now its stuck!... "
I realized the "heavy" was her little barbie pole nearly bent in half and the "stuck" was her fighting a fish attempting to escape from her hook. I quickly, calmly replied,
"No Elle you have a fish on, you need to reel it in!"
Our sweet little girl reacted and turned that reel with all her might holding tight to the rod! I finally assisted and lifted the fish out of the water. Realizing I was on the dock without my camera I called to Eric and Liam to bring the camera quick.
Elle was so happy and beaming from her catch, she quickly put her line back in the water and tried the Mr. Crappie tricks again. She immediately snagged her 2nd catch, a poor Blue Gill almost in the eye! I figure it still counted as a catch, so I snapped this photo too.
While in the house getting Liam down for a nap I asked Elle if she was ready for a nap too. Her reply was haste and stern as she stated, "No, I will not nap, I am going to go potty then I will fish more!"What a wonderful weekend!
