Hot Fun in the Summertime

Tim's officially been out of school now for a week and I'm on a constant quest to find new things to engage him. We've covered all the usual activities:  library, pool, bowling, lunch with daddy ... but all of these activities have been sans Charlie.  (Just don't have the nerve yet to barge into such establishments with 50 lbs of a not-quite-fully-trained-bundle-of-lovin'.)  So today I was determined to partake in a full day of Charlie fun.  (Also had to wait for a repair guy with a ridiculous 12-6 arrival window.  Ugh.)

Our mission was to teach Charlie some very basic agility skills.  (I don't have a clue what I'm talking about here but he readily demonstrated that he's more agile than I so I consider our efforts a success.)  First we set up our makeshift agility course with a hula hoop hung from our pergola.

Then, with the help of the magic clicker (see previous post about clicker training) we slowly worked up to a jump through the hoop.

Before long, Charlie was flying through the ring like a seasoned Zambini brother!

Of course, Tim thought this was hilarious to watch and after hearing me command Charlie to go "through the hoop", he took it upon himself to do the same.  Of course, he got more than a cookie for his effort - sorry Charlie!