Back in Chi town I promise I'll do xtra time on the eliptical machine and eat raw veggies and low fat yogurt. I can splurge on ice cream, cheese crowns, good bakery custard doughnuts. Three were branches of Graters ice cream-the BEST ice cream in the universe, bar none, and pretty rockin' doughnuts, too! We're talking ginormous slabs of dark chocolate for chocolate chips and amazing flavors. Both kids still want to be artists and veterinarians, so after they got their fill of animals in zoo camp each day, we had them enter 4 art contests. We're startin' the kids young with the art for fun and profit ideal. My kids were thrilled to have a dog they could leash walk without being bowled over. The determined little dog thrived and now gets around pretty well, walking and even running, with just a slight hop of her back legs-hence her name.

The vet was ready to put her to sleep at birth, but the breeder intervened and began physical therapy with her. My parents were dog sitting for a little Shih Tzu, who was born with a partially formed spine and no tail. Big dogs like our 100lb Akita are so much cooler. The kids all had a swingin', rollin', runnin', fossil finding great time together. The daredevil from the flatlands of Chicago, discovered the joys of flying down HILLS on her RAZOR SCOOTER, breaking open the scab on her knee about 4 times and doin' multiple mud slide wipe outs in the grass.ĭu-Jay also became progressively braver and faster on the hills, till he wasn't riding the brakes any more at all! Her son and daughter are one year older than my two, but the boys are pretty muchly head to head-except when Aiden tippy toes it and stretches to try to squeeze in a few xtra inches! Last evening, we met up with the kids of my childhood, across the street, neighbor. 3 free Graeters ice cream cones, free blackberry chip smoothy samples, magnets and ice cream lanyards in their annual July coloring contest.

tattoo twin.įun with Aiden and Ellie, Patty's kids-my across the street neighbor from 1st-12th grade. Bunny the spineless, hopping dog.2 days of torrential downpours in the jungles of zoo camp.

The Fairy End by Ellie Aiden