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Fishing with Daddy

The last time the boys went fishing, I was out of town. This time, we all went. Just for a few minutes the other day after dinner, before it got dark.

I get the feeling this time around wasn’t as fun for Steve as the last time, he said Elijah behaved better last time, though I kept feeling like Elijah was relatively good. On the other hand, it also seemed like he wanted to show off for Mommy.

No sooner, however, had Steve first cast Elijah’s line for him when a fish jumped on it and I got my favorite photo of the evening:
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little fisherman

While I was gone this weekend, even though it wasn’t but for 28 hours, it seems my boys had a lot of fun together, and I missed out. First, they were completely unable to cook for themselves and I came home to the dishes all where I left them - all clean, except for a handful still in the sink - and some clues as to what they did eat… McDonald’s, Huddle House, Chinese… Craziness.

They also went fishing Saturday. It surprises me when Steve does something like that with Elijah because, as we all know, Elijah can be quite a handful and the thought of that kid with hooks and fishing knives (and whatever else is used to go fishing with) should strike terror into the heart of any adult. But not only did they go but Elijah was the only of the two of them to catch anything. He caught a good sized blue gill, Steve say about four to six inches in length.
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