Weekend at the lake

We had a great weekend at the lake with our friends Kelly, Bill and Cole. The kids woke up Saturday morning ready to fish! They went to a bait shop for crickets, worms and fishing licenses. While waiting in line for the license, Anna and Cole dropped the cricket bucket. Crickets went everywhere and Anna and Cole squealed and took off the other direction. Poor Chad and Bill were on the floor scrambling to pick up all of the crickets...if only I had a picture to post of that! The locals were getting a good laugh. Bill is an excellent fisherman, and he started catching fish quickly. (He had a regular sized pole.) Anna loved touching the fish, giving them kisses and throwing them back in. Chad was stuck with the 1 1/2 foot long Dora pole. Anna was anxious to catch one on her pole (or for Chad to catch one). He did finally catch one and it happened to be the largest one of the day! There was quite a bit of excitement! Henry enjoyed the nice weather and showed off his two teeth! He also loved swinging down by the lake. Anna also swam in the lake and jumped off the dock for the first time. She definitely is my daughter considering that before going in she asked, "What about all the fish in the lake? Where will they be while I am swimming?" She was a little nervous about them, but she was so brave and had a great time!