I am a working single custodial father of a wonderful 3 yr old boy named Michael. There are no words to truly express my love for him but this blog is my attempt to document our lives in hopes that he may someday have a chance to read the joys and laughter that we shared together.Along the way, I hope that I may be able to pass on some things I've learned and observed as a single parent; things about parenting, the ups and downs of single parenthood, the emotions experienced watching Michael grow from a baby to a toddler to a boy and, some day, into a man.
A Great day of fishing!
Posted 08-11-2008 at 04:47 PM by Singleparentdad
We decided to go fishing this sunday. The weather was a little cooler than it's been and so thought it was a good chance to go enjoy the sun.
After breakfast, I asked Michael "do you want to go to the toy store (have to get a gift for a friend's birthday party this saturday) or do you want to go fishing?". To my surprise, he said fishing! He has never been fishing before so not sure where he picked up the whole concept of fishing but he was sure enthusiastic about it.
We packed up some drinks and snacks along with the requisite sunblock and hat. I had heard of a rainbow trout farm so off we went.
When we got there I was pleasantly surprised at how tranquil it was. Three ponds with different sized trouts in each. We picked the one that had trouts 1 to 5lbs because 1) I didn't think he would be able to reel in fish any bigger, and 2) it was the only one shaded by trees.
We started off with corn as bait and caught one about 2 1/2 lbs. I had to reel him in but Michael had the net and insisted on scooping him out of the water himself. Once in the bucket, he was truly fascinated by the fish! The fish ended up upside down in the bucket so that he could see the fish's gill moving. He came over to saying "look daddy, fish is talking" pointint to the gill.
We caught a couple more using worms as bait.
Afterwards, we spent some time feeding the "duckies" and seeing what others had caught. Michael would look into their buckets and compare how many they had to what we had caught. If he saw someone had less than us, he would immediately tell them "we caught three fish". Funny how kids can be competitive that way.
We had the fish cleaned and iced with Michael saying "let's go eat it!".
A great day of fun and photo ops!
After breakfast, I asked Michael "do you want to go to the toy store (have to get a gift for a friend's birthday party this saturday) or do you want to go fishing?". To my surprise, he said fishing! He has never been fishing before so not sure where he picked up the whole concept of fishing but he was sure enthusiastic about it.
We packed up some drinks and snacks along with the requisite sunblock and hat. I had heard of a rainbow trout farm so off we went.
When we got there I was pleasantly surprised at how tranquil it was. Three ponds with different sized trouts in each. We picked the one that had trouts 1 to 5lbs because 1) I didn't think he would be able to reel in fish any bigger, and 2) it was the only one shaded by trees.
We started off with corn as bait and caught one about 2 1/2 lbs. I had to reel him in but Michael had the net and insisted on scooping him out of the water himself. Once in the bucket, he was truly fascinated by the fish! The fish ended up upside down in the bucket so that he could see the fish's gill moving. He came over to saying "look daddy, fish is talking" pointint to the gill.
We caught a couple more using worms as bait.
Afterwards, we spent some time feeding the "duckies" and seeing what others had caught. Michael would look into their buckets and compare how many they had to what we had caught. If he saw someone had less than us, he would immediately tell them "we caught three fish". Funny how kids can be competitive that way.
We had the fish cleaned and iced with Michael saying "let's go eat it!".
A great day of fun and photo ops!
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