Claire's Canine Walking Services

Now that I am two, I have been awarded the privilege of walking one of our pugs. We took our inaugural walk this morning, and Trixie and I did great!!

Since we had such a lovely stroll, I thought maybe I could start my own dog walking service. I think it would be an easy way to make some extra hat money!

If you hire me to walk your dog, I'd give her special attention. I wouldn't let her walk too far ahead of me.

I would even let your dog pick the route!

I would always let her stop for a quick shake.

My only requirement is that your dog be at least ten years old and not walk too quickly. Oh, and your dog can't run after every squirrel, rabbit or horse that she sees. Your dog can't weigh more than 18 pounds. I'd also prefer it if your dog did her business before we went on the walk - I don't like stopping to clean up. Other than that, I'd welcome any dog on my strolls!!

I promise I will be very gentle with your dog... :)

Charlotte Clijsters

Watching Daddy play tennis for so many years has made Charlotte want to learn how to play, too. She really wants to go out on a court and spend some time with Daddy. She also really likes the outfits :)

Yesterday she finally went to her first clinic. I spent the afternoon with Nana while Mommy took her to the rec center. She looks ready to go, doesn't she??

The kids started off practicing with bean bags. Charlotte was able to keep hitting the bean bag for quite a long time!
Once they started working with the balls, it was time to practice the forehand.

Charlotte had trouble with the stationary drills, but once they did drills where she had to move to the ball, her racquet made contact a lot!

Charlotte said that she enjoyed the entire hour, and she wants to go back again next week. That means she'll need more tennis outfits, which I'm sure she will just dread shopping for... :) Charlotte is well on her way to hitting the court with Daddy! Now Daddy just needs to buy me my own racquet so I can get started, too!!

Crafty Charlotte

Charlotte has been a busy little bee lately while I am napping. She loves to craft, draw, paint and color. She told Mommy recently that she wants to be a clothing designer when she is a grown up - maybe she can design some fancy royal wedding hats for me!

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and if there's one thing that my mommy and Charlotte do, it's appreciate the hard, wonderful work that teachers do every single day. Charlotte wanted to make a handmade gift for her teacher and her librarian.

Charlotte wanted to give her something that she could use everyday, so she decorated a container that had lots of little compartments (Mommy and Charlotte got the idea from a craft blog that they like.) She glued some pretty scrapbook paper and a giraffe (Mrs Ditzler's favorite animal) to the top.

Then Charlotte filled it with lots of things that Mrs. Ditzler can use in her office! Charlotte was so excited to give it to her, and Mrs. Ditzler said that she loved it!!

Charlotte decided that she wanted to show her librarian how much she appreciated her, too, she she decided to make her button ribbon bookmarks. She made one with her first name initial and another with her last name initial. Charlotte was very proud of how they turned out!

Then Mommy found a template of a library check out card online - she printed it out and Charlotte wrote her message to Miss Barnett. She decorated the library card envelope and presented it with the bookmarks. Miss Barnett thought that Charlotte did a really good job making the bookmarks. :)

I hope that I get the same teachers that Charlotte has this year. Charlotte always talks about how much she loves school, so she really wanted to do something special for Teacher Appreciation Day.

I wonder what Mommy and Charlotte will do while I'm napping tomorrow...?!