The Doggy Biscuit Co.

Laughing Water wants to go to summer camp. She also knows that summer camp is simply not in Mom and Dad's budget right now. So she is working and scheming and scheming and working. She works for her Granny. She does extra chores around the house. On Friday, she and Mr. Blueberry Eyes (who is motivated to earn money, too) Actually washed all of the windows of our business classroom - 7 in all. They washed inside and outside, with the help of a ladder. Then they cooked up another plan. They made a catalog and went to several neighbors and a couple of relatives and took orders for doggy biscuits. Surprisingly, everyone they approached put in an order! They were thrilled!

So, today, they started right off. They baked and baked and baked - all by themselves. They made doggy treats that were so wholesome and delicious that I even sneaked a couple of snitches! They used fresh ground w.w. flour, farm fresh eggs, and all sorts of yummies.

Mr. Blueberry Eyes hung in there a remarkably long time for a little guy! He worked pleasantly alongside her for hours. Suddenly, he started complaining of a sore throat. Within 30 minutes, he was down. It is apparently a nasty sore throat, because he usually suffers rather silently. Not so this time! He fell asleep hard with a fever and when he woke up, he wanted to know if he was still going to get 1/2 the proceeds from the sales! Laughing Water magnanimously assured him that he would get his share because he couldn't help it that he was sick. What sweeties!

So, now the doggy biscuits are baked and the bigger ones in the food dehydrator to insure against mold. All of the orders will be filled tomorrow and I have two very tired kidlets. I'm proud of their stick-to-it-ness.

As for me, I didn't get as much done today on sewing for the wedding as I had planned. But I did some. And I got a veritable mountain of laundry/bedding washed and put away.

TTFN - Nanette