A Day on the Lake?!

This afternoon Jared took the kids canoeing on the dugout!  I called this post a day on the lake because the dugout is so overflowing it really looks like we now have lake front property!  They had a blast, Calum even behaved himself and just sat there for the 2 hours they were out there, he did have the whistle from his lifejacket in his mouth the entire time!  They saw lots of ducks, mallards, little birds with really long beaks, and a goose nest complete with eggs and the mom and dad!  Sadly Martin also saw the goose nest and ate the little eggs, witnessed by Emry who innocently said that hopefully the mommy goose will lay some more :(  It was so not worth what Martin did to that poor little goose family because just as soon as he demolished them he threw them all back up including the afterbirth he ate from a cow earlier this morning! They even saw an otter!  We thought how weird it was to see an otter in the dugout, usually you find them in rivers or lakes!  I guess even the little critters are confused where they are with all the water around!  Jared said they were chasing the otter, they would see him dive under water and then they could follow him because they were able to see his air bubbles.  At one point they were right behind him and all of a sudden he poked his little head up right in front of Emry and Calum at the front of the canoe!  How neat for them to do this together and see all that they saw!  Jared said canoeing was great, he was able to check cows and the fence line, something he hasn't been able to do in some spots because of all the water we have.  He spent time with our little boogers and got some work done at the same time!  I hope this is a tradition that sticks, the canoeing, not necessarily through our fields, but canoeing with the kids none the less!