Let's Go See Fish

We took the day off of work today since the sitter was off and decided to take the kids to the National Aquarium in Baltimore. When we left the house we called Uncle Matt to see what he was up to and he decided to meet us there. The drive didn't take too long and we had everything we needed packed for the day. We got there and met up with Uncle Matt and wandered around the exhibits for a few hours. We saw the 4D Dora show as well. The kids seemed like they were getting a bit tired and hungry so we left and got lunch. We decided on Chipotle since we all like it and it's easy to get food for Bug there. The kids enjoyed their lunch and playing around with Uncle Matt. On our way home we stopped for ice cream and dinner. Shocking how much food those kids can pack in on a given day. We had a great day and it was so much fun to just do something different with the kids for the day! Roo's favorite fish were the sharks and Bug's favorite were the little Nemo's.

Aunt Carol...Let's Go Fishing!

For Roo's birthday, Aunt Carol and the Bloob's got Roo a great fishing vest that holds all sorts of goodies, a new fishing rod and a tackle box. Roo was super excited when he got to open his presents and figured out as soon as we told him what the vest was what the other two portions of the gift were. He loved having a multi-part gift!

He opened his gifts late enough in the evening that it was past fishing time, but we promised to take him over the weekend.

When the weekend came along, we took the boys in the late afternoon once it got a bit cooler out. We picked up worms at the gas station and then headed over to the lake in the neighborhood.

Bug was also really excited to fish so we brought one of Daddy's big fishing poles with us as well.

Roo was so excited that he asked us if we had caught him a fish yet. His attention span for fishing consisted of running in and out of the gazebo we were fishing from and onto the beach and into the water and back and forth and so on. Bug had a bit more patience but we still weren't catching anything. He did have a lot of fun feeding the ducks though!

As it was nearning time to go home and have dinner, we really didn't want to leave without catching a fish. So we decided to cheat and fish off the part of the gazebo that is close to the beach, there are always a ton of fish swimming around in there.

It only took a few minutes and Bug caught a tiny little Bluegill. A few minutes later Roo caught a larger Bluegill.

The boys had a ton of fun fishing and I'm sure we'll return many evenings for some nice relaxing fun!

Men Versus Crab

The title says it all. Daddy and Uncle Matt spent hours at how tide trying to get a big crab from the rocks. Crab wins!

First Fish

Last week dada took Roo fishing for the first time.  During the day we went to town and got Roo and Dada new fishing poles.  Roo caught not one but two fish.  He had such a blast and was so excited to tell Grandpa all about his fish when he saw him the next day.