Mom x3 and I took the baby out on another fishing adventure yesterday after Church and she came home with 5 nice trout. I know its pond trout, but she is 5 and as I have been down this road with 2 before her, if you can keep the action up (trout pond) the interest from the little ones stays elevated. On this mission we were going to catch some dinner instead of the catch and release program that has convinced bunches of bluegills in our local lake that they have been abducted by aliens.
Now I am not one of the “End of the world” Guys but I believe in being able to feed one’s self in a pinch and I have worked hard to pass this skill set to my children. They are still subject to tons of high speed internets, i-pods, cell phones,game consoles, big screens and the best technology daddy can provide, but both of my older children have taken about everything that swims in water or leaves a track, via pellet rifle, 22,centerfire, rod and reel, bow, rock and even bare hands so I feel a balance has been met. Now mind you, they have not plowed behind a mule, or weeded beans, potatoes, and corn with a hoe, let alone made a lettuce bed, cooked applebutter, robbed bees or canned like most from my generation and location remember, but I think they could get buy in a pinch.
I am not saying that this is preparation for the end of the world, as we believe when that time comes it is not what you are going to do, but what you have done with life up until that point, that will determine your fate, and the Man bringing the apocalypse had better be a friend. But with the world economies as fragile as they are, a guy that can eat on his own may be setting in a good spot. I have tried to teach my children that if you can use your head and hands to keep your belly happy, you are never out of options.
Today we had fresh trout, corn on the cob and homemade hush puppies and the 5 year old is convinced that with a rod and a can of worms she fed her family, and she is right!
Now I am not one of the “End of the world” Guys but I believe in being able to feed one’s self in a pinch and I have worked hard to pass this skill set to my children. They are still subject to tons of high speed internets, i-pods, cell phones,game consoles, big screens and the best technology daddy can provide, but both of my older children have taken about everything that swims in water or leaves a track, via pellet rifle, 22,centerfire, rod and reel, bow, rock and even bare hands so I feel a balance has been met. Now mind you, they have not plowed behind a mule, or weeded beans, potatoes, and corn with a hoe, let alone made a lettuce bed, cooked applebutter, robbed bees or canned like most from my generation and location remember, but I think they could get buy in a pinch.
I am not saying that this is preparation for the end of the world, as we believe when that time comes it is not what you are going to do, but what you have done with life up until that point, that will determine your fate, and the Man bringing the apocalypse had better be a friend. But with the world economies as fragile as they are, a guy that can eat on his own may be setting in a good spot. I have tried to teach my children that if you can use your head and hands to keep your belly happy, you are never out of options.
Today we had fresh trout, corn on the cob and homemade hush puppies and the 5 year old is convinced that with a rod and a can of worms she fed her family, and she is right!
