Aiden's First Fish!

Uncle Micah should be proud! Aiden caught his first-ever fish this weekend on none other than the SpongeBob Squarepants fishing rod that Micah and Becky got him for his birthday last year. Granted, fishing in HaPa and Grandma's pond is a little like angling for plastic duckies in the overcrowded pool at the county fair. No patience required and not exactly a precision sport. He was very excited, and after touching the fish a few times with his index finger, Aiden was anxious to return the fish back to his watery home. I'm sure Grandma took it off the hook for him. All things in good time...

Meanwhile, Andy and I went on a half-day birding tour of Berlin Pond in VT. We actually missed the tour due to some miscommunication (they met at the park & ride and we went straight to the pond) but it wasn't a big deal from our perspective. We still got in 4 hours of uninterrupted birding and saw many new birds for our year list, including two Bay-Breasted Warblers.

This huge rock on the Berlin Pond loop road made me smile :)