Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Cedar Point Pond Fieldtrip

This morning I took Benjamin on his last fieldtrip of the year to Cedar Point Pond, where we spent the morning fishing and learning about ecology and pondlife.  I'll be honest...I was dreading this fieldtrip.  In all of my girliness, I had a hard time imagining myself fishing...and enjoying it.  But, I will admit that we had a really fun time.  Granted, I employed a few of our male friends who were their with their children to help me with the worms (ie do it for me) and to assist us in reeling and casting but all in all it was a really fun time.  And I'll be the first to say that I was told that I thrown a mean cast, if I do say so myself :).  Now catching something is another story entirely.  We didn't catch anything but we had a good time trying and Ben has already told me that he wants to come back again....with Daddy...but I can come and play with Abby if i want :).

Ben and Samantha learning the art of fishing before we hit the pond...


The whole class...

 Ben with the pond specialist who helped us out (ie took pity on me and helped my poor son!)


Here we are enjoying the outdoors together...


Alyssa caught a fish...actually two!


Learning all about pondlife from Mr. Glen, the expert.  He was great with kids and gave such a fun tour for them!

1 comments:

Nana and Pop said...

Ben looks like he was so interested in fishing. What a big boy he's becoming.