One of the many good things about all of the rain we have gotten is that now we actually have water in our creek out front of our house. This past week Nolan and Leslie have had a blast exploring the creek each day after school. A couple of times Les and I would notice how quiet it was in the house only to find the kids are actually outside playing well together. Yes, I said well together, with no arguing. They could seriously spend hours out in the ankle deep water searching for treasures. One day Nolan caught his first treasure, a baby perch about the size of a minnow. Minutes later he caught a few more. He and Leslie were ecstatic and determined to keep the fish alive and placed them in a mason jar with water. Unfortunately they did die, though. Later that night, Nolan came into the house where I was preparing dinner and yelled for us to come see what he caught. We knew it was something different and big by the size of his eyes as he squealed. We ran outside to find a huge crawdad in his net. Les told him that it was called a crawdad. Nolan asked, "What kind of daddy?" The rest of that evening consisted of Nolan and Les crawdad hunting with bacon on a fishing pole. Leslie did not want any part of that after she heard they that could pinch her. Next on the hunting agenda: bullfrogs!
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Those are huge and could easily pinch a toe off,lol. I do not dare show Kaden this post because he would be extremely jealous. One of the best times he had at ya'lls was when Les and Ken let them blow up the raft in the middle of March to go rafting in their underwear in the creek.
that is so cool. those things were huge.
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