I love long weekends. Even the one before Banana and Squish start back at school.
Long weekends equal sleeping in late, staying up late, movies, popcorn, campfires and s'mores. If we're lucky, the Drive-In in Sharon is playing good movies for the four of us and long weekends there mean TRIPLE features! (Nothing either good or appropriate for two 11 year olds was playing this weekend)
Saturday, the Hubs worked, and Banana was at a friend's, having slept over. squish and I spent the day in our PJs, relaxing and getting nothing done (I got some housework done, but not much). We had our neighbours over with their 3 kids for dinner. The kids ate and then we sent them off to play while the adults ate and chatted.
Sunday we slept in, then spent the day catching up on some very overdue chores. The Hubs wanted to barbecue, even though I was thawing veal scalloppini, so I made a run to the grocery store while he mowed the lawn. After dinner was a movie with ice cream.
Today we actually did sleep in again, had a quick breakfast and headed out to Burd's Family Fishing to go... Well, obviously... Fishing! The Hubs bought Banana and Squish their own rods this summer and we rented rods at Burd's. There are two ponds at Burd's. One is a bit less stocked and therefore patience is a must. It's for people who want to relax while fishing. The second pond is for people who want quick catches. We opted for the first pond. Within minutes of getting her line in the water, Squish hooked a fish! (Burd's stocks rainbow trout).
While the Hubs was helping her unhook her fish and get it into our basket, his bobber sank. He'd caught something too!!
Because I'm a good wife, and I also enjoy fishing, (even though I find baiting the hook with worms gross, and I can't fathom getting the hook out of the fish) I dropped my line, which needed bait, grabbed his rod and reeled in his(my) first catch of the day. And this was supposed to be the harder pond!
A little while later, and I caught a fish on my line! We were up to three fish.
Poor Banana had yet to catch anything other than reeds and pond grass. Though she got a couple of nibbles and her bait did disappear a couple of times. We thought, since the other pond was supposed to be easier we'd relocate there and hope Banana could snag something there.
It was then that the winds picked up and the rain started coming in. We were not deterred. It wasn't cold and it was only drizzling. But the wind made casting challenging as we were casting into the wind.
That being said, I managed to catch another fish. But it got away as soon as I got it close to shore. A little later on, I caught yet another fish and Banana helped reel it in.
Banana did manage to catch a fish using her Dad's line, and all in all, we went home with 5 fish totalling close to 6 pounds. Burd's gutted and de-headed them for us.
Guess what we had for dinner...?
Banana and my bubbie 
The Hubs' best friend and his wife came to stay (they live in Calgary) for about a week when his grandmother died. La and I went shopping
We started here...
And ended up here... FIFTH ROW!!!!!
