Scout and Navy both earned their fishing poles from their CTR store. So in honor of putting them to use, Micah and I packed them up — along with bait, snacks and sweatshirts — and headed to the pier. RoRo came along, and we met Grandpa there. Our kids — especially Scout, had high expectations because he was with Micah one day in the harbor. While they were there, Scout looked down and pointed out to Micah a gazillion fish in the water. They told some fisherman down the way, and they moved over. They caught fish after fish, and even let Micah and Scout use a pole to reel some in. So Scout was stoked to go fishing.
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Unfortunately we didn’t have the same luck. Scout, Navy and RoRo were decently patient for a bit, but then the pier excursion became a running/climbing/racing extravaganza.
Here is the group of fishers.
Poor little Dashy came along, but he is getting teeth or something, because my ALWAYS happy boy wasn’t so happy.
RoRo was on Navy’s fishing pole — obviously it is pink. I got them from the toy store, and died over them because they are so mini. They were perfect size for my kids to handle, and they worked great.
Scout liked his pole the best, but went over to check out on of the bigger ones.
I thin of the kids, Scout was into it the very most. RoRo liked it also, but he was more the “observer” type.
Navy liked it for .2 seconds, but then spent her time tickling people with her feather she found.
While the poles were set, I sent the kids on some running races. It occupied a bunch of time, and my kids are always up for a race.
I think Navy is telling RoRo that she is a princess, and that she needs to be respected. Notice that he isn’t paying too much attention.
I’m not sure the laying down on the pier was due to RoRo’s lack of respect, or a really exhausting run. Regardless of the reason, she had a bunch of bystanders cracking up at her. I just let her stay until she decided to pick herself up and head our way.
And once she did, she was up and checking out the fish along side Scout and Tim in no time.
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I’ll admit that I loved fishing as I grew up. And this outing got Micah’s juices flowing. Looks like we will be heading to the pier a lot this summer. And what better way to spend time with your kids — but out in nature doing something fun and recreational. Sure beats fishing on the Wii!
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