swimming

Here are a few pics of the girls at swimming lessons. They love the pool! We went yesterday and Bee was practicing her front float (she has to be able to do it for 3 seconds by herself to pass level 1). So she practiced and practiced yesterday and by the end of our time in the pool. she could float for 10 seconds and "underwater swim" (which is kicking and paddling while doing the front float). It was amazing to see how much she has improved this summer! Frankie started "walking underwater" yesterday, which means walking down the stairs into the pool with her eyes open until she is walking under water. Now that is hilarious!

new styles for back to school

frankie and bee were playing school while i was getting ready for supper. Anyhow when Frankie came downstairs for a second to check on the supper preparation progress this is what i found.

Cho Cho and Teddy

Cho Cho and Teddy had a lot of fun playing. And considering Cho Cho is about 15 pounds and Teddy is about 70 pounds, it was also a lot of fun to watch!!

A little tired

We had friends stay over friday night to saturday, and they had their 7 month old lab with them. Cho Cho and Teddy played non stop. They also had their two kids with them, with whom Bee and Frankie also played nonstop. This is what our household looked like yesterday afternoon...

lemonade and cookie stand

The girls had their lemonade and cookie stand on friday. They made sprinkle cookies and chocolate chip cookies. They made the cookies on thursday night and friday afternoon, and worked on the poster in the morning. We set up the stand at 4pm in hopes of catching the Collingwood rush hour traffic. (ha ha). At about 4:07, the girls started eating their profits. They kept the stand open till about 5.30 and sold two plates of cookies. Frankie would scream at the top of her lungs: Lemonade and Cookies by Frankie and Bee! Ive got to say they got college kids, some families in the neighborhood, and the crazy lady to stop on by. Uh, i guess you can see we didnt make the lemonade ourselves.

Our trip to the children's garden

Usually the garden is a bit browner, but the cold and wet summer has left the garden remarkably beautiful!! Bee loved the sheep, Frankie loved running around and the lily pads, and Cho Cho had total sensory overload. Of course, the children's garden is near the MSU Dairy Store so we had delicious treats there. Frankie picked vanilla, Bee picked Blue Moon, and I picked Coconut Chocolate Almond. Cho Cho picked all three as she sampled from the three of us! Poor Scotty was at work!!! So close and yet so far away!

We baked a bunch of cookies today because Bee and Frankie want to have a "lemonade and cookie" stand. The girls made choco chip and sugar cookies with stars. They did a really nice job measuring the ingrediants, cracking eggs, mixing, tasting batter. We'll try to catch rush hour down Collingwood. Im a bit nervous about it all. What if no one stops? What if someone finds a dog hair in the cookie. ha ha Just kidding on that one (I hope!). I think we will charge 10 cents because I cant imagine charging more. Seriously, what do people charge these days in lemonade stands? I saw one in NYC where kids were charging a dollar. That seemed a little stiff even by NYC standards.

Can you find Cho Cho?

OK, she is actually easy to spot in this picture, but in real life she was sort of camaflaged by the orange flowers. We were walking to the children's garden when Cho Cho found these!