Memorial Day 2013 and Food!

For Memorial Day weekend we spent a night up at Clearlake with Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Amy. Not only had the twins never been there before but neither had Demi... who didn't have any interest in getting in the water like Brutus and Garth did. It's amazing the amount of packing one has to go through with 2 little babies. It looked like we were staying a month rather than a night.

The weather was cooler and didn't allow any swimming which was fine with Elise who had it in her mind she was going to fish. Elise literally spent hours with a fishing pole in the water-- patient as can be.

Daddy and Elise

Elise and Grandpa

By the end of the day, Elise had scored the only fish. We talked about all the options-- either releasing the little bass back to the lake so we could catch it again or cook him for dinner. I was sure she'd go for the first option but instead said she wanted to cook it. Fearing that she didn't understand that we'd be chopping him up and putting him in the frying pan, Jeff and I made sure not to sugarcoat what was going to happen. But Elise was decisive-- Cook him up!

Elise wasn't squeamish about the filleting nor cooking him and was excited to taste her bounty. While at home Elise would normally balk at a meal of fish, now she was eager for dinner. The poor little fish made just two little 'nuggets'.. a perfect size for a little fisherman.

Bottoms UP!

So what was the final verdict?!? The verdict was to get back out there and catch more fish! I think Elise and Daddy will be spending some summer days at the public dock in Perrysburg trying to catch more bounty!

On Memorial Day, we opted to pass on the parade due to the cold rainy weather. Instead we went to the Hebekas for a lunchtime cookout. There were kids galore between our three, the Hebeka's three and the Brujic's two! Aside from bouncing babies between naps and bottles, it was a lot of fun!

We have also made our first attempt at food. First we tried several days of rice cereal and then we upped the ante to squash ... also Elise's first food!

Hadley

Cecilia

We have since moved to sweet peas. The girls seem to like eating but still haven't gotten the whole swallowing thing down. We'll keep at it though. The next thing we are going to try is steak... Ok. Just kidding!