Ice Fishing

I never did get those pictures off of Uncas's phone, but they did make it in the local paper:

http://current.mnsun.com/2013/02/photos-richfield-ice-fishing-bowl-2013/

Eddie is holding hot chocolate. I think he had more fun drinking that, eating a cookie and scooping ice out of the hole.  They didn't catch anything, but he had fun.  He said it was fun, but he also said it was cold.



Edith threw a huge fit when the guys left, but after I explained that you have to sit still in the cold and be quiet, she was fine (really, I got out a new toy to distract her).

This reminds me of the story of me when I was a young naive little girl.  We were living up in Michigan and driving over a bridge in winter.  I looked out the window and saw all these little houses on the frozen water.  I asked my parents about it and they said it was people ice fishing.  I asked if we could go sometime and they both said NO! What wise people :-)  Truth be told, I have gone to visit Uncas while he was ice fishing on Lake Harriet when we lived at our duplex.  It's truly not a sport for me, but I'm hopeful that one of the kids will take it up, so Daddy has an ice fishing partner.