(thanks to my mom for the pun)
last weekend we took sinka with us to the lake for the very first time. she had a blast and acted totally differently around the water than lady.
lady is very tentative about swimming in the lake. the one time she has gotten in the water, osman and i literally had to toss her in. she’s really had no interest in swimming since that (traumatizing?) incident.
but sinka is a totally different story. within five minutes of sniffing around the dock, she hopped right in the water. i don’t think she knew exactly what she was getting herself into, but her instincts took over and she swam like a champ. we (regretfully) didn’t have the camera with us, but next time we will definitely take pictures down at the lake.
we did, however, have the camera with us when we gave sinka her first bath. it was very exciting…
pre-bath:
during:
me soaping her up: 
post-bath: 
she was definitely scared during the bath, but she stayed impressively calm. after osman dried her off, we rewarded her with a bone (and gave one to lady, too). she smelled so nice (and oatmeal-y!) after her bath, and her coat was even softer than before. i was much happier about having her on the bed once she was clean.
the girls with their bones:
they both really love their bones. lady can get through a big one in less than forty-five minutes. sinka is much slower with hers. normally she’ll get about two thirds of the way through, then try to hide/bury it for later. when she starts trying to dig through the futon to hide her half-eaten bone, we try to just take it from her and put it away for later.
the girls, tired after a long weekend at the lake:
could they be cuter? no.
