Up North

We went up to McGregor this last weekend for E's bday. Had a lot of fun- did a lot of fishing, played pool and ping pong, watched the wildlife (a loon just 10ft from our boat, a few beavers, geese and the like; pet a painted turtle...). Went mussel hunting from the pedalboat and got soaked and decided to dive in the lake to finish it off (cold!). The boat they have up there we use as a rowboat as it doesn't have a motor...and it slowly leaks which keeps it all exciting :) On the other lake is the old pontoon...definitely has seen better days, but the motor works and it's great for fishing and relaxing- being able to meander around. Some of these pics of J aren't the greatest...I didn't get very many either as our camera went through FOUR sets of batteries...I've no idea how! Grr.





Our last evening up there just at dusk E caught a northern with her little barbie fishing rod! He'd broken her line just before, but that time I was able to help her with the net...she was so proud of herself :D I've never caught a northern! He was a lively one. I caught a couple bass, kept one...and we caught a bunch of sunnies of course of which we kept three good ones. Catfish/bullheads we tossed back along with a little perch. During fishing Sammy sits in the back next to J to stay out of the way of swinging hooks...she'll perk up when she hears the crinkle of a bag of chips :)

E with the sunnies (2 she caught, 1 I did), and the bass...the smaller one we released:






E with her northern:

Tball

E started Tball this past week! Her team is the Grasshoppers...there are 3 girls and 10 boys on the team. E does pretty well at bat and can make it around the bases with a bit of coaxing. Out in the field she becomes a statue...hopefully by the end of the season she'll be knocking the boys out of the way to get to the ball :D


(See her hands as she's waiting on the base? That's how she stands out it the field...probably hoping the ball doesn't come her way :P)