First Fish

August 23, 2011 will go down in the history books.  Charlie caught his first fish with the help of Daddy and Mr. Bob.  Amazingly, Miss Donna and I both wandered out of our kitchens just in time to see them reel it in. 

After some futile attempts in the past few weeks, it is clear that worms are the bait of choice for our resident Blue Gill, the boys had 2 catches in less than 5 minutes, but the second one got away.

As I type this, Charlie should be giving a play-by-play of his adventure (complete with pictures) to his friends during Circle Time at school.  Is it odd that we're even more excited about this than we were his first step???

Getting the feel for his rod and reel

About to hold his fish for the first time

Ewwww!  (a bit like Mama, after all...)

Coerced into touching it again

Showing Miss Donna "how big" it was

Ready for another

Reaction to the fact that it's bedtime

Begging Daddy for "just couple more minutes!"