We attended our Soelberg Family reunion last week. One of the scheduled activities was an afternoon at a fishing hole near The Homestead (located in Midway). We aren't big fisherman so I had to do a little shopping before hand to purchase some poles, bait and a fishing license for the older boys. On my shopping trip, I found a couple of cute cheap poles for the little girls Lila and Emma and was excited to accompany them on their first fishing excursion.
When arriving at the fishing pond, I had to rely on the gracious help of my big brother Ryan to get our poles ready. Remember, I am inexperienced, but I did watch and learn and with his help we had everyone fishing and happy in no time (ok, it took a while). I somehow managed to break the "princess pole" but with Lila and her unwillingness to be patient, (what? a 2 year old impatient) kept waving the pole around and dipping it into the water so it was really more of a blessing there was nothing on the end of that pole, meaning fishing line and hook.
While Dad and boys were off doing their fishing thing, I was hanging out with the girls and casting while they took turns with the non-working and working poles. I was also trying to keep them from sitting in the duck poop. Let's just say I failed at this miserably. Emma seemed to do a little better with the pole that I was able to hook and bait so I let her keep that pole while Lila sat beside her. Both were as happy as could be.
Emma would frequently reel in her line which she seemed to get very good at, so I would get up and cast again for her (I actually quite enjoyed this).
On one occasion I could see that she was getting a little restless so I asked for the pole so I could cast it again for her. As I reeled the line in, I soon realized that this restlessness just so happened to be a fish on the end of her pole.
I was so excited for these girls because they had been asking to "see the fish" and I really didn't think that they even had a chance at catching one.
As you can tell by the photos, Lila was overjoyed but wouldn't touch the fish, while Emma just stared straight ahead with a distraught look on her face.
I assured her it was a good thing and we did release the fish so I hope she is not too traumatized. :)
5 comments:
That's so funny! I don't know how Maya would respond to catching a fish... whether she'd be completely excited or very very sad...
What a fun family day!
We had lobsters last month and she loved them when they were alive - then she went to bed and we ate them - and the next morning I didn't have the heart to tell her what had happened to the lobsters when she asked where they went... kinda sad! ( :
Those girls are darling! I am so glad they were able to catch their first fish. My boys also each caught a fish and it just made their day! I wish I could have chatted with you longer at the reunion. I was too busy chasing down my crazy one year old!
SO CUTE! Love the pictures from behind :)
The girls look cute...and grown up...and catching fish...WEHEW!!
That was such a funny moment. I'm still not sure what her take on the whole fish thing is. She won't talk about it. :)
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