Today, I am especially proud of our oldest boy, Frost. TODAY....{well, yesterday by the time this will post...June 5th} was his 1 year anniversary working at Royal Kennels. This is his first job...and he started it...has loved it...has stuck with it...and has worked really hard. Pam {his boss} tells us all the time what a great worker he is...no matter what it is she needs him to do, he is always ready and willing to jump in and just get it done.
For this entire year of him working at the Kennel, when he gets paid, he gives 1/2 of his earnings to us for his "savings"....the other 1/2 is his to save/spend however he wants. He has bought himself his own tablet, paintball gun, and Kings Island passes...a few bigger things that he had to save up for a while for to be able to buy them. And of course he splurges on things like his crazy hats or spoiling his girlfriend when he can. :) But now that the year is up...he will receive his savings, and get to decide what he wants to do with it. He has saved up a little over $1,000 this passed year!! Plus, starting today...he gets to keep his whole pay!!
Pam also let him know that if he starts a savings account, which I'm hoping we can get to the bank and get it all set up for him sometime THIS month, that she will start a sort of 401K plan with him!! She will match up to $50 a month of whatever he puts into it. What a great learning opportunity she is giving him!! I love it!!
Today, Frost gets the extra treat of grooming our Black Lab, Cooper, too!!
Frost is planning on a special lunch out with Danny tomorrow to celebrate his 1 year...you know, the two "working men" of the family! :)
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Yesterday we went to a special library program....Silly & Slimey Science.
First off they did the "Will it Sink or Float?" The librarian had a bucket full of different objects, and each child got to come up and pick one....guess if it would Sink or Float...then try it out in the big bowl of water.
They also did the milk/food coloring/dish detergent experiment. We've done this one before, and the kids really like it!!
BE SURE THE FOOD COLORING DOES NOT MIX WHEN YOU PUT INTO THE MILK.
When you put the Qtip into the milk BE SURE NOT TO STIR...you poke it in, and just HOLD IT STILL.
There is "science" behind it....something to do with the "fat" in the milk...but basically, the pretty colors MOVE and swirl together!! If it works right...it creates a sort of Tye-Dye look in the milk...
Here's a YouTube Video that explains how to do it, too....AAAAAND it even explains the "Science Stuff"!!
After they were done with the program...I let them play on the computers for a bit while I looked around and picked out some books & movies. We had a little time to kill before we had to pick up Frost from work.
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Talked Danny into running to pick up some S'mores Blizzards before we went to pick up Arlee from work!! Oh My Word were they SO YUMMY!! Highly recommend them!! I love S'mores anything....but this was just divine!! A *HUGE* Thank You to my Hubby for spoiling me!! :)
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