Catch and Release

After a week of rain last week, we’re making the most of the sunny days that we’ve got now.  Today felt hot and almost summer-like this afternoon, so after picking Nina up from school, the girls got a snack, and we headed straight outside.  We were out riding bikes with another girl on our street, then the girls wanted to head over to the pond and try their hand at catching turtles or fish.  We still save our bread to take over to the pond, so we went back home to get our bread and our nets, then we walked over to the pond.  After almost an hour of trying (using bread pieces to try to coax the turtles and the small catfish over) we caught several turtles with our nets.  Unfortunately, my camera battery died, and I didn’t have pictures of the girls with the turtles, but they were very excited to catch them.  The turtles, however, were not so excited to be caught and were very anxious to get back in the water.  I was surprised at the patience all three girls showed waiting for the turtles and fish to get close enough to try to catch.  The two older ones wanted to stay even longer to try catching more, but Lyla was hot and thirsty, so we decided to save up some more bread and try again soon.