Fishing

One evening, while my mom was still here, she watched the boys after we put them down so Zach and I could go fishing. Zach has been really good about taking Ryan fishing and I think he enjoyed fishing alone for once. It must have been the perfect time to go because he caught his first fish on the first cast almost before it hit the water. It was crazy. That fish was ready to be caught! 

Fish 1

 Within five minutes he had another fish on the line. He caught it and released it before I had a chance to take a picture.

Fish 2- released before I could get a picture

 A few minutes later, he caught another one! It was a fun little outing. (We got ice cream on the way home so that made it worth my while!)  I didn't get a single bite while we were fishing. Which pretty much sums up my fishing career to this point.

Fish #3!

 We spent another evening with my mom down at the lake. She and Brady and I walked the loop while Ryan and Zach fished from the shore.

 Fishing takes longer than walking so we had to find ways to stay busy while the boys finished up fishing. My mom was so nice and helped Brady fish. He really loved it! She would cast it and he would reel it in. Looks like Ryan and Zach will have to make room for one more on their fishing outings in the near future!

 Recently I have started bringing bread to feed the ducks when we go to the lake. Ryan has started refusing to eat the crust and Brady prefers whatever Ryan has so we have crust-free lunches at our house now. I just keep a little baggy and save the crusts throughout the week and then grab them whenever we are headed to the lake. Brady loves feeding the ducks and is actually really good at it.

 Ryan has started wading in the lake on the fishing trips. It is one of his favorite things about going fishing now.

We will definitely miss the lake fishing when we leave Arkansas!