Wednesday's Words

Supervising Grandpop and Uncle Hervey

Lotsa crabs

The fruit of their labor

Friday's Photos- learning to crab

Aunt Amanda stopped by yesterday to teach the kids how to crab with a line. Crabbing this way is definitely an exercise in patience...which a certain little boy does *not* possess

In a nutshell, you tie your bait- raw chicken wing or neck- to a string, let out the string until the bait is on the bottom of the river...and then wait

You know you have a bite when the string is taut and starts moving. Crabs like to take their meal away from where they catch it before eating.

Then you slowly, slowly start reeling in your line and your partner in crime uses a net to snag the crab and toss it into a waiting bucket of water.

Ella was the champion by far. She's also the most patient and methodical of the 3. The boys would toss their bait in and yank it up a dozen times while she slowly caught several crabs. 

We also baited the traps and left them overnight. As of this morning, we're up to 26 nice sized crabs so the kids are going to cook them for Grandpop and Lisa for lunch tomorrow, and they can't wait!

Crabs!

On Tuesday Aunt Amanda stopped by to cook up some crabs, and she shared her bounty with us

When we stopped by to return her tray, she was still enjoying her crab lunch so the kids sat down and munched some more with her.

Today she's coming over to show them how to crab with a line (I grew up in Texas and have NO idea how to crab and certainly never ate crabs other than the legs they offered at Red Lobster during our trips to the 'big city')

The kids are going to need a 12 step program to recover from their crab addiction.