Kids Squeeze As Much As They Can Into Short Salem Visit

This weekend we made a quick trip back to Ohio. During our stay in Salem, J.T. and Madison tried to fit a week's worth of activities into a weekend.

We started out by arriving just before midnight on Thursday night in order to squeeze some extra time into our visit. After a great breakfast to get our day started, it was decided that we would try to go fishing at a new fishing hole that Grandpa Leo had scouted out for the kids. We gathered all of the gear into the vans and hit the road.

Did you know that you can buy live bait at Walmart? Now we both know.

After picking up our worms at Walmart we headed to the fishing pond near Franklin Square, OH.

Here is a picture of Dad helping the kids get their worms on the hooks. The kids enjoyed casting, but the fishing were barely biting. The nearby swans we definitely in more of a mood to bite than the fish and the kids barely escaped their wrath.

After an hour or so of peaceful, but unexciting fishing it was time to move on.

After lunch, it was time to move on to a more entrepreneurial activity: Daylily Sales. J.T. manned the tractor and wagon, while Madison provided the advertising with her sign making. The Daylilies were harvested and put into pots. After a trailor full was obtained, J.T. drove the wagon into position near the road to attract customers.

Now that the business was set up it was time to move on to the next activity. J.T. discovered some old bicycles in the garage and got them out so that he and Madison could ride them.

Next J.T. helped out by mowing the grass with the riding lawnmower.

Madison then got her tractor driving lesson from Mom, and both kids posed for a picture while driving their tractors.

We ended the day with a wonderful meal of BBQ ribs and chicken and great fresh sweet corn on the cob. The kids were successful in making the most of their short visit to Salem.