Finding Nemo

We like making sure that our children know where our food comes from: Apple juice comes from apples from trees, raisins come from grapes from vines, and bread comes from flour (and a few other ingredients) from wheat that we grind. We always talk about what meat we're eating and what animal provided it for us. On that note, Hubbies' latest fishing trip inspired a fishing day with the kiddos so that they could learn how to catch fish just like daddy.

We woke the kids up bright and early one morning to try out Riverview Lake (a man-made lake in the city). We fished for about 45 min before JoJo and Jeepers couldn't wait anymore.
There was a playground across the lake that they just had to explore. Later we found out the lake wasn't stocked yet anyway. Ha! Well, we didn't give up! Afterall, we paid good money for their new fishing poles!

Hubbies was determined to teach his children how to fish. Later that day, we drove up to Saguaro Lake and took a short hike to a secluded spot around the back side of the lake.

We fished off the rocky shore for an hour- in the heat- but Daddy had promised his children fish and by-golly he was going to make sure they caught a fish- EACH!

Then Finally!! JoJo caught a fish! Daddy let her real it in and she got to touch it and talk to it and then she threw it back in the lake.

But we couldn't leave yet! Not until Jeepers caught his own fish.

Thankfully, just as the sun was going down, Jeepers caught a sunfish!

They might be a little young for a real fishing trip, but they weren't too young to make some great memories! Now when we eat fish, they really understand where it came from and what Daddy had to do to get it.

Of course when we eat it, Jeepers calls out, "Nemo, Nemo!"