I'm not sure exactly why, but Alice suddenly became interested in fishing. We'd bought her a practice pole for her birthday a year or two ago, but she just couldn't get the hang of casting, so we put it up for a while. But when Zac took her down to the pond to practice today, she picked it up really quick. Although her casts aren't perfect every time, she occasionally does a great one. (To be fair, even I have trouble properly casting with the push-botton rod).