Father's Day Fishing- What a Catch!

My dear husband took the two little ones fishing late father's day, since we had a break from church.
It was fruitful! or I guess, "fishful".
Anyway, our bounty of fish far exceeded any of our previous expeditions, which have been my son's passion lately.
Far exceeded meaning, they actually caught some!!

This meant a lesson on how to clean fish! And quick, because that was not happening indoors, and it was getting dark! The truck tailgate was the temporary kitchen counter.

Yes, my kids got the opportunity to do all of it, from scaling them, to cutting the insides out of them. Note my oldest girl's face in the above picture!

And it only got worse! Especially when we got to the part where the baby girl started experimenting with how you could poke the eyes of the dead fish...

Does anyone of the near-40 bunch remember that song that was on MTV, back when MTV was new,(i.e., they played actual music videos) called "Fish Heads?"

It was a stop motion photography work and it went something like this,

ahem.

Fish heads, fish heads,

Roly poly fish heads,

Fish heads, fish heads,

Eat them up- YUM!

I know that was possibly out of tune, but since you are only reading it, count your blessings! My children were awfully impressed with me, I must say.

It was almost too much for my oldest, though!

They even caught a little bass! It was a beaut!

To say nothing of this adorable little boy. I love this kid!

He is totally Opie when it comes to stuff like this.

"Come on, Pa, let's go fishin'!"

"Look at this one, Pa!"

Can't you just hear that coming out of his mouth?

Look at those freckles! He's gonna be so surprised when I go home and just hug him til it hurts!

It didn't take long for my oldest to get over her hesitation and learn how to do the cleaning. She's always up for something that has to do with cooking!

Eeeeww!

And then, while she was playing with it,

IT MOVED!

"IT'S ALIVE!!!!!"