Fishing and Zoo Fun

Monday afternoon Greg took Caleb for his first boating and fishing expedition. Before they left, Greg sat with Caleb in the boat. "Why are we sitting in the boat daddy?" So we can go over the rules", says daddy. After the rules were explained Caleb asks, " Ok are we going fishing now? "Ok, but I have some rules too daddy. You can't touch my stuff. This is my bag and this is your bag daddy. Don't touch my bag, don't touch my fishing pole, and don't touch my water bottle. Ok daddy, let's go." Quite the expert already. Greg said he did a super job, and caught 4 Perch on his own. Caleb was so proud. Next month the boys are planning to go for a two day camping trip with Grandpa Allen and Uncle Jason. I am a little worried about that trip. Letting him go right up the road fishing was hard enough. Baby steps please!!!!Yesterday we headed to the Zoo with Sarah and her girls Teresa and Addison. Caleb informed me that "we hadn't been to the Zoo in too long". We arrived a little late after suffering through multiple delays before leaving the house. It is much harder to travel with two, especially when you deal with unexpected diaper blowouts or off track nursing demands. But once we made it there, things went pretty smoothly. Lexie was a trooper hanging out in the stroller most of the day. Caleb climbed almost every rock wall we passed and loudly proclaimed every move we were to make. It was such a wonderful day to be out and about though. We loved seeing all the animals up close again. When we reached the bird exhibit, Sarah bravely took the kids inside to feed the birds. While Lex and I enjoyed the view from outside the cage. We made our way to the carousel so the kids could enjoy a ride, then stopped for an ice cream treat before jumping on the train to the entrance. We made it through most of the zoo before bad attitude crept into the picture. Caleb's defiant attitude only surfaced on our way out of the zoo, which I tried to tolerate patiently since it had been a long day without napping. So overall it was a successful outing. And we so enjoyed seeing our friends again.It didn't surprise me when Caleb passed out for a short nap on our way home. Then we had to quickly make and eat dinner before heading over to swimming lessons. What a day!