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<\/a><\/p>\nI know, that’s not a fish.\u00a0 But it’s the first thing that captured the girls’ attention.\u00a0 It’s the
The fish pond with a pavilion for shade.<\/p>\n Jevon and Isaiah<\/p>\n This is looking back toward the lake, with the restaurant on the shore.<\/p>\n Our friend Rebecca.\u00a0 (But you say it with a “H” as the first letter, because in Portuguese an “R” at the beginning of a word says “h” as in “horse.)<\/p>\n Cali and Jevon looking at a fish in the water – me looking a their reflections in the water.<\/p>\n The first catch of our family.<\/p>\n Karina even tried for a little bit.\u00a0 Marilyn, she now knows that the goal is to reel in a fish<\/em>, not a bobber.\u00a0 Maybe it helped that we weren’t fishing with bobbers.<\/p>\n Isaiah still thinks his tractor, gravel, and crackers are a lot more interesting than standing there holding a pole and staring at the water.<\/p>\n Cali reeling in her first tambaqui.<\/p>\n With all of her might.<\/p>\n She got it this close, and we snapped a picture.\u00a0 Then the line broke and he got away.\u00a0 You can imagine her disappointment.<\/p>\n Waiting.<\/p>\n The second tambaqui on Cali’s line.<\/p>\n This time she didn’t wait to reel it in.\u00a0 She just ran backwards and dragged it up on the road before the line could break again.<\/p>\n So proud of her fish.<\/p>\n “PAPA!\u00a0 IT HAS TEETH<\/em><\/strong>!”<\/p>\n Papa:\u00a0 “I know.\u00a0 I’m trying not to get bit.”<\/p>\n Somebody hiding under Jevon’s hat.<\/p>\n There he is.<\/p>\n In our real life we have crabby faces too, along with the smiles.<\/p>\n Waiting.<\/p>\n Back to play fishing, in which they catch an imaginary fish every time they dip their stick.\u00a0 The pace is a\u00a0 lot more kid friendly than real fishing.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Scenery.<\/p>\n Friends.<\/p>\n More crabby faces.<\/p>\n A ha!\u00a0 We caught him smiling about the minnows in the water!<\/p>\n I love my boy…even when he is crabby and squirmy.<\/p>\n Jevon’s matrinch\u00e3.<\/p>\n That big guy has a pretty startling tail slap.<\/p>\n Karina is nervously trying to keep an eye on the fish while she smiles for the camera.<\/p>\n Isaiah won’t even get close.<\/p>\n He’s hiding behind Tia!\u00a0 Scared of the fish.<\/p>\n Tambaqui (a small-ish one) next to matrinch\u00e3.<\/p>\n Maybe he’ll be more into the big fish in a few years – when they aren’t half his size.<\/p>\n Finally got mine.<\/p>\n My birthday tambaqui.<\/p>\n Our whole group.<\/p>\n Girls walking together to the restaurant.<\/p>\n Isaiah enjoying the best of two worlds – french fries with his Brazilian food.<\/p>\n Jevon and me.<\/p>\n Feeding fried fish skins to the minnows off the dock by the restaurant.<\/p>\n Water is so fun and relaxing – it can make even Isaiah smile on his crabby day.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n